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Updated Jun 7, 2023

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Found 5,183 of over 6K reviews
3.6
69% Recommend to a Friend
Hays CEO Alistair R. Cox
82% Approve of CEO

Found 4,366 of over 6K reviews

3.6
69%
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82%
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Hays CEO Alistair R. Cox
Alistair R. Cox
2,319 Ratings

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Top Review Highlights by Sentiment

Pros
  • "Hays offers excellent training for their staff and supports their employees through solid career progression.(in 569 reviews)
  • "Most of the teams have a great culture and it’s a very success driven company.(in 259 reviews)
  • "I worked with really great people over a number of years with Hays and made some fabulous friends.(in 224 reviews)
  • "I was lucky to be part of a great team who weren’t cut throat and were caring.(in 147 reviews)
  • "Great support and colleagues.(in 108 reviews)
Cons
  • "Long hours and often expected to stay behind which can lead to burn out very quickly.(in 324 reviews)
  • "Industry has low salaries for junior staff and Hays is no different(in 269 reviews)
  • "Poor management and system.(in 152 reviews)
  • "KPI's are really high and no work life balance(in 109 reviews)
  • "It burns you out plus the pay is low(in 99 reviews)
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  1. 5.0
    Current Employee

    Be delivered

    May 23, 2023 - Software Developer in McLean, VA
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Running for joy bar none cookies

    Cons

    Mental low target wonder women

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  2. 1.0
    Former Employee, more than 1 year

    Toxic Work Environment

    Jun 7, 2023 - Recruitment Coordinator in Tampa, FL
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Remote work available. Assets provided to contractors.

    Cons

    Regular sexual harassment by management, reports of managers making workers cry in meetings, management encouraged skipping meals during team meetings, lack of proper training and skill development, inconsistent and unclear policy/practices, refusal by HR to investigate two reports of retaliation and workplace harassment. The company also attempted to increase the hourly work expectation for salaried workers with no increase in pay. Refused to take action when discriminatory benefits packages were pointed out. Regular refusal by HR/Benefits/Payroll to communicate clearly and effectively. Caught the company underpaying me after learning my coworkers' salaries and was subsequently illegally told that we were not allowed to discuss pay with one another. Frequent surveillance and reporting of workers to management. When workers inquired about the role a new team would fulfill and their fears of being laid off, they were told not to worry, provided no information that answered their questions, and then were laid off months later with no notice or warning.

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  4. 1.0
    Former Employee, more than 8 years

    Great place to kill entrepreneurship

    Apr 3, 2023 - Assistant Vice President 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Great Branding Decent Commission plan Well respected global branding and marketing Training for new people

    Cons

    Micro Management is how the organization runs - typical "trust no one we hire" None of the leaders are true sales people - of your going into sales your are dead here 90% of clients for Hays will never get approved to do business with AR team are like debt collectors - will harass clients to pay like they owe child support...hence why most clients are not repeat customers

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    5 people found this review helpful
  5. 1.0
    Former Employee

    Underpaid, Not Valued, Terrible Leadership

    Apr 20, 2023 - Account Manager 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    -Work from home twice a week

    Cons

    -This position is grossly underpaid. -Sr. "leaders" would talk about other employees in one on ones with other employees. So extremely unprofessional -Absolutely no culture. No investment in the office space, employee well-being or culture overall. -You really are just a number. Unless you are greedy and aggressive you will be pushed out -Training is just sitting on the computer for a week going through presentations. - No transparency. Everything contradicted each other so no matter what you are never good enough

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    1 person found this review helpful
  6. 2.0
    Current Employee, more than 3 years

    Not a place for experienced people

    Jan 10, 2023 - Business Director 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Hays has a great reputation overseas, APAC, and EMA. Great Training, PR and Marketing. Work life balance is great.

    Cons

    All the Pro's are masked by the following: The US Hays organization in ran by a group of guys who adore themselves. After being here for 3 years and seeing about 50% of people leave in 6-12 months along with most of the corp HR Staff. This is something that is glaring culture issues, many of the leaders/supervisors are from the UK. It is typical shady staffing, hire some bright people, get their accounts and fire them. I see this routinely here. Ive seen countless less experienced people get ruined. The best is for 3 years I still cannot get access to the office, have to wait until someone comes in to let me in, we have not have office copier for 1 year so everyone needs to print at home. The Sr VP says "dont let the little things stop you" that is most foolish comment......it is the little things that ruin your experience at a company.

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    Hays Response

    Director, Engagement & People Experience

    Thank you for sharing.

  7. 4.0
    Current Employee

    Great for entry level

    May 3, 2023 - IT Recruiter 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Great entry level recruiting position

    Cons

    Work life balance, too much emphasis on in office

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  8. 3.0
    Former Employee, more than 1 year

    Great Pay. At times toxic male environment. see saw back and forth on policy and procedures

    Apr 14, 2023 - Recruitment Business Partner in Tampa, FL
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    WFH, salary and benefitswere great

    Cons

    management, toxic male environment, expectation to work till you drop. At times too much work with little help and times where there was no work at all.

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  9. 3.0
    Former Employee

    Burnout

    Apr 24, 2023 - Anonymous Employee 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Great camaraderie and dedication among team

    Cons

    Unrealistic and unhealthy work-life balance that puts you at risk for burnout

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  10. 5.0
    Current Employee

    Always Changing

    Mar 30, 2023 - Sr. Sales Operations Analyst 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Love that we continue to evolve our brand, structure and services to better meet the needs of our clients, candidates and internal employees. Strives to tap into the potential of it's employees to promote it's vision and mission of working for your (client and candidates) tomorrow.

    Cons

    Change is constant and sometimes not communicated timely.

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  11. 4.0
    Current Employee

    Recruitment Business Partner

    Apr 3, 2023 - Program Coordinator 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Leadership is very supportive and willing to help you learn.

    Cons

    Not a lot of integration or communication with anyone in the company besides your team and the account managers you work with.

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Hays Reviews FAQs

Hays has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 5,957 reviews left anonymously by employees. 69% of employees would recommend working at Hays to a friend and 61% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -1% over the last 12 months.

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Hays employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Hays. This rating has decreased by -2% over the last 12 months.

69% of Hays employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Hays 3.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Hays to be culture, coworkers, career development and the cons to be benefits, management, compensation.

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