Difficult not to be just a number in this big, faceless corporate monster. - Anonymous employee Hays Employee Review

2.0
27 Oct 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

It's a well-known company so often work just landed in your lap.

Cons

A 'restructure' (mass redundancies) was handled very insensitively and with little genuine concern for people's feelings. If you are a woman working at Hays and want promotion, say goodbye to the idea of having a family or work/life balance. The only woman who progressed far (that I knew) behaved like a man - aggressive, hard nosed, with very low emotional intelligence. I suspect there was great inequality in pay in terms of gender too.

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Awesome communication, good benefits, and wonderful job placement!

Cons

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