toxic work environment - Recruitment Consultant Hays Employee Review

2.0
Feb 24, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

usually finish on time which is good for the industry good training

Cons

poor management style from managers frequent comments disguised as jokes from managers about me being stupid, annoying, generally derogatory and mean, felt singled out by these comments as the rest of the team did not receive this (some "banter" but not nearly to the same extent) zero care for wellbeing of employees - 1 pre-booked mental health *hour* per month allowed- and you would be questioned on what you would do during your hour and had to get approval. no social culture within teams extremely KPI driven extremely high turnover rate - becomes clear why very quickly micromanagement had a very senior manager i was not close at all to joke about wanting me to die so they could get time off of work to "grieve"

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5.0
Jan 23, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

They have helped me land 2 contract, work quickly and are kind

Cons

I was the benefits were a bit more affordable

4.0
May 26, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great place for new recruiters to gain experience. A lot to learn. Younger crowd, fun teams.

Cons

Competitive, people that weren't succeeding would be put on PIPs and eventually let go. Can be some micro-managing. Not all managers created equal - some great, some not so great.

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