Hands off contractor with poor benefits - Assistant Editor Aerotek Employee Review

3.0
Jun 1, 2011
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Depending on the recruiter you're working with, Aerotek is a good place to begin networking and transitioning into another career. Of course, it depends on where they place you. I'm currently placed at Amazon.com, and my contract is running it's limit at 11 months. While I have several irons in the networking fire at Amazon to try and get on full time, Aerotek has not really helped with this at all. Hopefully they'll be able to get me another contract lined up so I can do two things: a) avoid another stint on unemployment b) leverage Amazon to speed up their notoriously rigorous and slow hiring process: having a competing offer lights a fire under their butts. Until then, though, the jury is still out with Aerotek in terms of long-range career placement.

Cons

Their benefits package is just one or two notches up from nothing: beware of the Aetna insurance's limits for out-patient procedures! Also, while they are hands off, which is nice, they are also not hands on enough: my contract is running out, and I'm not getting much in terms of checking in from my recruiter to see if I'm interested in other jobs so I can avoid unemployment.. Basically, they place you, offer you cruddy insurance, and then cut your checks: it's easy to forget you are actually working for Aerotek and not the company you're contracted with (Amazon, in my case).

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Pros

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Cons

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5.0
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Pros

Great people, great training, great entry level opportunity to get into recruiting and sales. If you are successful you will make more here than about anywhere else. Performing Recruiters are making $55k-$75k. Great Recruiters are making $100k+. Every large office has salespeople making $200k-$400k. Culture is 100% committed and generally cool type-A's you would want to have a beer with. The skills, drive, and sense of urgency you learn at Aerotek serve you well anywhere you may go later.

Cons

If you are just looking for a low-commitment 8-5 job while posting on social media about where you are partying that night...you will not like Aerotek. Success requires an all in approach both in work ethic and active support of the culture. That is not for everyone. There are Political Science grads 3 years out of college making $200k+, but there is a price to be paid. All the tough work comes first. If you are not up for the level of work and commitment, Aerotek is not for you. If you are, none of this is really a "con" As far a real cons go, the benefits are only OK, and finding work/life balance is pretty difficult.

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