Hays plc Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Hays plc full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – None at all, really. If you're a consultant you can make a fair whack of money but the stress aint worth it.

Cons – You're expected to work 12 hour days. Very target driven company, you're encouraged not to care about the jobseekers coming through the door. Some members of management can be rude and bolshy and don't won't speak to people who they see as 'inferior' ie receptionists and admin staff. Very b*tchy place, everyone seems to have 2 faces.

Advice to Senior Management – Be careful who you stand on on the way up because they might be waiting for you on the way back down.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Hays plc full-time for more than a year

Pros – great culture, Hays gives the best training in the industry, moderate work life balance, interesting and dynamic work

Cons – high turnover, low job security, overly profit driven

Advice to Senior Management – Reward more based on effort as opposed to actual profit earned

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Hays plc full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Ambitious, market leaders, professional and driven for top results.

Cons – Pay below current market rate.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Hays plc full-time for more than a year

Pros – employee satisfaction, ok ok salary for freshers

Cons – teams badly affected by politics

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Hays plc full-time for more than a year

Pros – Find it very hard to think of any to be honest. Only that the client they put us on site with was great.

Cons – Getting paid correctly and on time, no training, no real idea what their employees do, constant mistakes.

Advice to Senior Management – Get to know your HCA business

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Hays plc

Pros – largest recruitment company in UK

Cons – poor management understanding of the business

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Hays plc

Pros – working with fun dynamic people

Cons – bad pay and bad biscuits and lack or respect for support staff

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Hays plc

Pros – Brand, global capability, research, money, teams, globalization, recruitment specialists, internal systems, understanding of markets, management capability, offices across china and asia.

Cons – Ability for management to understand what the consultants want is not a priority for the organisation. very focussed on profit.

Advice to Senior Management – Don't necessarily make such large changes in cut backs when markets down turn, uphold promises and continually invest in people to improve overall staff retention.

Former Employee – worked at Hays plc

Pros – Professional blue chip organisation with a strong brand presence, e.g. largest recruitment company in the UK. Highly focused on performance and results with positive competition amongst consultants and offices.

Cons – After the credit crunch in 2008 Hays seemed to struggle to adjust swiftly to the different market place and were inflexible in allocating people to areas where there were still business opportunities. Also rather than make people redundant they set ridiculous targets backed up by letters to falsely performance management people out of the business. Although people were judged by results it was clear that some people were not promoted for any reason other than playing politics.

Advice to Senior Management – Recruitment is a people focused business and the database is just a tool, it will never replace the personal touch of understanding job briefs and people's career aspirations. It seemed that more energy and resources were put into the new system than on the people who were using it.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Hays plc

Pros – If you need a job and can't find anything else, work here. Pay is acceptable if you're willing to work long hours and give up a personal life.

Cons – Where to start? It's easier to just say this company is awful in every respect. Outdated business approach, useless management that will hinder your every good idea.

Advice to Senior Management – Your company needs a complete overhaul. A modern business model and a refresher course in business ethics would be a good start.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend