Cult culture, mediocre money - Account Manager Aerotek Employee Review

2.0
10 Sept 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great place to learn time management discipline and cold calling foundations. Good place for a first job.

Cons

-Cult-like locker room-like culture. You are in the circle or you are not. -All-hands stand up office meetings TWICE A DAY. "It isn't micromanagement, it's accountability". And then there's a meeting before these "Red Zone" meetings in addition to other internal meetings. -The Director of Business Operations (head of the office/region) takes people leaving the company extremely personally. -Everything is about "hitting Contest". The financial rewards aren't even that lucrative. I'm making close to $300k in my current job (and hit this number less than 2 years in) now and it is a much healthier, positive, and professional environment. A contest winner needs to hit a few contests to get to that level.

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5.0
17 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

A lot of fun to work

Cons

Lots of Long hours working

5.0
30 Oct 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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