TEKsystems

I applied to work here as I was referred by a friend and wanted to get out of my current field. I have 12+ years of collaboration, advocacy, public speaking, and interpersonal relationships with people from every background.
I met with the director of the Bellevue branch who seemed to be very down to earth and supportive of my transition, it was easy for him to see how I could relate all my skills to the recruiter position. To try and make a long story short I spoke with him, came back to do a half day interview and received great feedback from all whom I interacted with. The director was talking numbers and start dates with me until I was completely blindsided and was told that I had to fly to AZ to meet with the VP of West Coast operations (as he wanted to be more involved with the hiring process). Below is the email I wrote to him after this experience (the entire email would not fit). I think it speaks for itself. This company wasted months of my time and possibly jeopardized my current position; if this is how they treat people that they are considering hiring I don’t want to know how they are treating the people they are trying to place.
First and foremost I am not writing this email as a last attempt to convince you to hire me, nor am I writing because I expect answers or even a response; I am simply writing because this whole process does not sit well with me.
I wanted to say that my interaction and communication with you has been nothing but pleasant and I appreciate everything you tried to do for me. I can say that I would have enjoyed working for a supervisor that is as supportive as you appear to be. However, I do not appreciate the disregard for my time, as I feel like this process was drawn out far too long to end the way it did. I feel like I put a lot of effort, thought, time and heart into this process and there was a lack of respect for my time and value.
The interaction I had with Chris was possibly one of the most inappropriate interactions I have had with another professional. I was under the impression that I was going to be interviewed by Chris, however, no interview was conducted There were no direct questions and there was no opportunity for me to show who I am and what I am capable of as well as for me to explain how and why I would be a perfect fit for the job. The entire conversation centered around Chris explaining why he would not have interviewed me in the first place, how there is a big gap between the work I am doing now and IT, and why it would probably be good for me to stay in social services. Additionally, the conversation was all over the board. After spending several minutes scoffing at my resume and my work history, he proceeded to tell me a story about a movie he had seen with a social worker as one of the characters, remarking how hard the job looked. He then told a story about how his son knows a kid who has parents who weren’t there so he was raised by his aunt and uncle… It appeared clear to me that Chris struggles with building rapport. I know from experience that it can be challenging to see the best of a person when immediately they are put in a defensive state; as I experienced in my meeting with Chris. Additionally, when repeatedly stating in a conversation, «I don’t mean to be rude», there’s a good possibility the speaker is being rude and should probably rethink their delivery, also something I experienced in my meeting with Chris. I greatly appreciate transparency, honesty, and openness but also know that there is a way to deliver a message and a way to approach people with messages of importance. I don’t believe that anyone’s status, power, or authority gives them the right to treat anyone with disrespect.
As for my work experience, it appears clear to me that corporate America does not understand the difficulties and complexities of social services, and I don’t just mean emotional components. I would take a guess that I have more professional skills than a good percentage of the recruiters that are currently working for Tek. Throughout my ten years of work experience, I have worked with people in prison, the mentally ill, children, teenagers, the elderly, people with disabilities, as well as people of all ethnicities and social/​economic backgrounds. I have been cussed out, degraded, threatened, yelled at, and told that I am a horrible human being, at times on a daily basis; so for someone to say to me «you’re not ready», in my opinion, is illogical. For someone to sit and tell me that I would have to call people that don’t want to talk to me, and I likely wouldn’t be able to handle it is complete asinine, as this is work that I have done for years, countless times before. I firmly believe that the skills I have learned and honed throughout my time in social services make me a far better candidate than others.

I could agree more with the other poor review. TEK is by far the worst agency I have ever worked for. I would also give a zero or negative 5 if it were possible. The recruiter I worked with was very ignorant about my field and the position for which he was recruiting. He kept asking me questions about the meaning of the text in the requisition he was trying to recruit for! Unbelievable! And for me to educate him about how to do his job, I then have to pay over half of my hourly wage to this company so that a computer can cut me a check.
No benefits, no time off, a medical plan that pays for the most minimal amount of coverage (which is basically nothing), then this self-​insured company reneges on the payments six month after the claims payments were paid in full leaving me with thousands of dollars the providers then demanded from me. All this after the claims were approved. Yes, I appealed. Somehow I lost even though I had tons of documentation proving the errors that TEK made. Next stop is small claims court.
It was extremely difficult to get an answer to any questions from TEK staff. I emailed, I called, I followed up repeatedly.
Unless you are extremely desperate, DO NOT work for this company. If you have to for financial reasons, then once you take the job — keep looking so you can escape before the trap door underneath your job opens and throws you into the pit of hungry lions.

It’s hard to give this place one star because it doesn’t even deserve that.
This is absolutely the most unprofessional placement agency I’ve ever heard of. In the past I worked with several of these agencies and had such wonderful experiences that I recommended my husband who is just getting started career-​wise try them out.
What a horrible experience. The person my husband worked with was unprofessional and stupid. The individual that my husband met with was in charge of IT and Engineering jobs. When my husband went in for an «interview» and began asking questions about what kind of IT jobs he usually places people in the guy said, I don’t know, actually, «I don’t know anything about this field.» At the end of the interview he said he had a position that might work for my husband. He asked my husband, «are you married?» My husband said, yes, why? The guy said, then this job is not for you, «your wife won’t like it.» My husband said, tell me about the job anyways. The guy said it involved too much traveling for a person with a family. My husband finally got the guy to explain the position to him and said he was interested. The guy said he would call him later with more information.
He never received a call back. He emailed and called several times with no response.
Save yourself time and money and do not go there.