Pros
- You can make great, life-long friends internally and with consultants - Company sponsored meals and happy hours internally and externally (as long as its IT or can bring value to TEK) - Best sales/real world training of most organizations - Great place for someone fresh out of school to learn how to become a young professional and how to navigate corporate/office politics. (TEKsystems is like real-world career boot camp. You make it two years and you can leave TEK, go anywhere you want and get a great salary.)
Cons
TEKsystems 10 years ago Im sure was an amazing place to be with its $30k base salary and amazing commission structure, bonuses and stock options. TEKsystems, 2015 has severely fallen behind its competitors in terms of compensation, no longer offers stock options and has reduced its commission plan in the 3 years I had been there. Work/life balance is non existent. You are expected to be in the office everyday from 7:30pm-6:00pm and don't even expect to leave "early" (anytime between 5:00pm-6:00pm) without getting an earfull of it the next day from multiple managers. 55-60hr work weeks. Lots of mind games played by very high tenured account managers. Hunger Games-like competition when it comes to identifying the scraps of over fished candidate markets. Huge income and tenure gap between new recruiters and Sr. Account Managers (1 -3 year recruiter = $35k-55k to 10+ year recruiter = $300k+) Due to such high turnover amongst recruiters and Account Managers, many clients are not as willing to do business with TEKsystems. Your home office market dictates your success more than your own personal effort. Your personal effort is never good enough. Due to the nature of the business and commission structure, you're only paid 100% commission if your consultants all work a full 40hr week (which rarely happens). You're expected to attend every TEK internal event (e.g. - happy hour) and if not, you're deemed a "non culture fit." Management will constantly dangle the "income earning potential" carrot in your face to get you to continue to work long hours, but don't be fooled. With just 2 years of TEKsystems experience, other companies with fight over you. You literally can leave TEKsystems after 2 years and walk in the door elsewhere at $70k or more salary.