Pros
Do not listen to these glowing reviews, Teksystems directs its employees to give positive reviews of the company on sites like glassdoor to help recruitment because recruiter turnover is so high (20-25% yearly). Can you make great money at TEK? Yes, its possible, but they will sell you on the fact its a foregone conclusion and everyone will. You need an Account Manager with big accounts, 50-70 work weeks everyweek, and plenty of plain ole luck. In my office, out of 25 recruiters, 3-5 who had been there forever made really good money, the rest were making less than 50k. Right out of college, it's a job, the base is terrible (30k), but they hire entry level and it doesn't matter what your degree is in. You get to work with a bunch of younger people, it can be a fun atomosphere. If your desperate for a job, get in, get some experience, and get out.
Cons
It's like groundhogs day, your a glorified telemarketer, you sit in a small half cube and make phone calls all day, everyday, to me this was the worst part of the job. You either do it the TEK way, or no way, they are not looking for creative minds, they wants robots who buy into the Kool-Aid and will make phone calls. Very numbers driven, heavy micromanagement, and a ton of negative motivation. If the office is doing poorly, they will threaten everyones job, this happened multiple times during my tenure when our office numbers were down. If your not hitting your numbers, your job will be threatened. In my training class of 15, when I left after one year only 6 people were still with the company. There are virtually no career paths other than sales, if your not a type A personality driven to work in sales, do not waste your time here. No work/life balanace, its 730-6, with a ton of "happy hours" (aka mandatory work events). Multiple times we were forced to work late on Fridays (8-9pm) and weekends. Your treated like a high schooler, and it's a total "Frat Boy" office culture. The Sales people make double the commission of recruiters. Very frustrating to see older Sales people do absolutely nothing all day, then take the candidates recruiters give them and go earn double the spread. Leaving the company was the best decision I've ever made, I now make more money, work less hours, and get to work with intelligent people on actual projects that require out of the box and strategic thinking.
