Just. Plain. Awful. - Technical Recruiter TEKsystems Employee Review

1.0
22 Sept 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Work with some good people, learn a lot, celebrated successes. Good for a first gig out of college, not something to career change into. Drink the juice or be tagged an outsider until you’re pushed out. There is a mass exodus of recruiters leaving the company for greener pastures so I guess that helps create opportunity for those that stay to suffer.

Cons

You will not be put in a position to succeed. It is very much sink or swim. Maybe you get lucky and get tied to a good account manager, but probably not. Even if you get lucky there, this AM already has a go to recruiter that will fill all their open roles. Some of the other recruiters will undercut you. Cold calling galore. Expect to be critiqued on your approach and conversations when they can’t blame your lack of activity/ effort as a reason you aren’t growing revenue. Super, I mean super, duper long hours. Comically low base salary. They will dangle commission in your face but reaching a comfortable pay check is going to take time, luck, and a ton of work. A ton of thankless, marginalizing work.

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5.0
11 Jun 2026
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Pros

Great environment and leadership overall, they invest on your training

Cons

Switching offices is very difficult, you need seniority

3.0
23 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Decent pay to start. - Account manager is responsive, engaging, and a serious advocate for you and your contract. - Gain access to Udemy Business to build more skills.

Cons

- The benefits suck. - High recruiter turnover with highly variable experience trying to work with them-- some are good, most are not. - Once you are placed, you will be promised regular meetings and then never hear from the recruiter again. - Trying to find a new contract if you are unhappy with your current placement is nearly impossible and I don't believe they are incentivized to help you move at all. - You have to manually request a raise and depending on how you negotiated your contract, you may or may not have the ability to receive one. - There is a cap to how much they will pay you for the contract so even if you work that position 4 years, once you hit that cap you are stuck. I originally submitted my resume with TekSystems when I had finished my degree and never heard back. Many years later, I was approached on LinkedIn by a TekSystems recruiter for a position and he had no idea I was in the system previously. Working with him was good, and I did get the position. Then I never heard from him again and I've had 4 or 5 different recruiters whose names I could not tell you if I tried since then. There's supposed to be monthly calls, they never happen.

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