Aerotek reviews

3.4

56% would recommend to a friend

(6,462 total reviews)

Tom Kelly

77% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Aerotek has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 6,462 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Aerotek employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Recursos humanos e pessoal industry (3.8 stars).

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6K reviews
3.0
Feb 15, 2017

Frat House Culture

Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

The corporate culture is based on the Team Rule, basically saying that you owe it to your teammates to provide feedback letting them know how they impact you. This can provide the basis for tremendous personal and professional growth. There is also the opportunity to progress into managerial and leadership roles very early in your career here. If you like to travel, drink a lot (build relationships), have a frat boy/sorority girl/collegiate athlete/professional athlete background and have little to no industry experience you could be very successful here. It is not uncommon for people to spend 10+ years in a Director level or higher and have deferred comp in excess of $1M.

Cons

The workforce is generally young and energetic. If you are older than 35, unless you are applying to a legal/HR/Compliance role, don't expect to get an interview. And if by chance you do get a job, don't expect to advance your career much. The leadership team operates very much like a fraternity. They will dangle advancement opportunities in front of you and give you vague feedback in an effort to break you down/change who you are. Don't be fooled, they post opportunities simply to protect themselves from discrimination/HR issues even though they already know who will be getting these positions. Further evidence of this is that despite their focus on Diversity and Inclusion, the only Diverse leadership is in either the Legal, HR or the D&I departments (ironically the exact departments that would be responsible for defending the company from a discrimination claim). All this while we thump our chest about the job not being a "40 hour/week" job. So the atmosphere can feel an awful lot like you're working your tail off in return for a lot of false hope.

1.0
Mar 30, 2021
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of Overtime opportunities Lots of going out on the corporate card

Cons

Oh god, where do I begin... There was so much work that 10-11 hour days are a must if you want to stay on top of your work, and even then you may still be behind. Constantly understaffed, and management does NOT care Absolutely no compassion for workers and their home lives Management plays clear favorites The company does not value CSA's and they show it every day If you are not a recruiter, you may as well be invisible They will fire you for literally anything (i.e. if you're five minutes late to work) The whole office is stuck in high school (there are cliques, round the clock rumor mills, and everyone sleeps with everyone) They scam recent college grads into taking a job with them without telling them about the incredibly low pay, long hours, and abysmal benefits Someone quits on a daily basis Promotions are only given based on favoritism, not merit Nothing stays private between you and HR (don't even try to complain to HR, it will spread throughout the office like wildfire) They don't properly vet their new hires (i have had managers who were blatantly racist, sexist, xenophobic...pretty much all the phobics) And that's, not even the beginning! I can literally write a whole book about why this is an absolutely terrible company to work for, if you get an offer, PLEASE just make sure you are willing to sell your soul for them because that's what they expect

2.0
Mar 2, 2016
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

There are pros to working at Aerotek....once you get into sales that is. Once you are there you get 38K/year or 34K/year if promoted in your first year and you get a $350/month car allowance (must be a 4 door) and a $100/month cell phone allowance. You get to expense gas used in trips to see clients or scout your territory as well as lunches. You will have 2 recruiters who are a part of your triangle that you will meet with every morning to discuss goals for the day as it pertains to the positions you have brought in for them to work on. If you sell well and fill positions you can make 6 figures and get stock incentives but it's easier said than done as no one in my office hit the stock incentives for the year I was there. Weekly pay checks are nice as well and make it easy to budget. Cons might scare you off but it's the honest truth. If you have a ridiculous work ethic and are willing to slave away for a couple years you can have a successful career at Aerotek making great money.

Cons

Well first off after your 3 month training period you will get a pay decrease to 33K/year which after taxes comes to about $440/week which comes out to about $88/day which if you don't know is awful...you can make that much or more working at Home Depot or Walmart. Next, management will be up your backside every day to do more and to help the sales people do their job. You have to call on people and dig for information and leads while they are at work (the majority of them). Oh and did I mention you will work from 7:30 - 6 every day if not later depending on the workload for that day. You break that down and you are making a little over $8/hour. They will try and sell you on their commission structure but let me break this down to you, they don't pay you a dime for your first $3k/week in spread....that's 150/k plus a year that they get that you see non of! Also, the commission is awful till you hit astronomical spread. When you get to 10k/week in spread you get $290 a week before tax added to your paycheck....that is over half a million to the company and you get 290/week pre tax...that is awful. Oh also the benefits are terrible and 401k match is next to nothing. My advice is proceed with caution.

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