Technical Recruiter - Technical Recruiter TEKsystems Employee Review

4.0
21 Nov 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great training, top-tier recruiting experience. Sets you up for long-term success even if you don't want to continue with TEK. Young, fun, fast-paced environment with fun happy hours and after-work events. I have made really good friends working here. Good looking coworkers ;)

Cons

Your success is largely determined by what business/account manager you are aligned to. The company will find any way to swindle you out of money for arbitrary reasons. They will give you 75% of spread on H1B candidates for no reason, even when they are an approved sub vendor. They will make you manage consultants that you did not place with no financial incentive to manage them. There is thousands of dollars of "ghost" spread from recruiters or account managers who have left that the company profits 100% on, yet they still require recruiters to maintain resources for no commission. A majority of this job could be done in my underwear on my bed at home, yet they make you come into an office everyday and have a stand-up meeting at 8am.

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5.0
23 Apr 2026
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Pros

Great culture, process, training, leadership.

Cons

Bad benefits and they aren’t automatic. High taxes with bonuses

3.0
23 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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