Aerotek reviews

Aerotek is not the meritocracy it once was. Through the growth of the National Sales Program, you have random internal people who end up falling into positions where they are making 500k/yr while people who have been consistent high level performers are not given the opportunities they deserve. Success used to be based on what you have done and it seems more politicised or just simply random than ever. There is definitely a "boys club" and if you are not in it after a few years and want to grow with the company, get out because it's not happening. Aerotek has a very one frame mind when it comes to what success looks like (and make no mistake, whether you are physically attractive or not is a huge factor) and while they preach diversity (diversity of thought specifically), if you are successful by employing an approach that differs slightly from the stated way of doing things it used to be embraced but now it does seem to be stifled. Behind closed doors the management approach is definitely to turn and burn through recruiters to find sales peope. Recruiters used to be valued, now sales is really the main place the company places value and then relies on it's recruiting process to fill positions for customers. In my opinion this is a strategic mistake and will limit the future growth of the company as they expand into smaller markets. Recruiters are only hired with the idea that they will become sales people someday. Aerotek officially utilizes and trains it's employees in situational leadership, but then it really does not allow account managers to employ this style with their teams. Managers used to have the flexibility to manage their people, but now with all of the metrics everyone is measured by on a weekly if not daily basis, the culture has become one totally driven by numbers. While scientifically it makes sense, it will rip the soul out of a company that once allowed it's employees to strive to be great at what they did and utilize their own experiences and talents to make it happen. Aerotek is definitely limiting themselves with this approach.

Boiler room situation, posting of fake jobs on job boards, poor pay, no personal time off, the need to always bring job seekers into the office eve when they were no available jobs.