Hays Reviews

Pros

At Hays you have the ability to develop and progress at the pace you desire. If you are a high performer and are willing and able to push yourself to the your limits, you will be rewarded - both financially, through promotions and amazing incentives which range for token prizes to all expenses paid trips. You are responsible for your own business, therefore you get out what you put in! The training and support provided at all levels is world class.

Pros

I have worked for Hays for almost 20 years and I am proud to work for such a great recruitment firm who truly want to find the right candidate the right job.
Many people ask me why I have worked for Hays for almost two decades and the answer can be very long... but it includes, I work with fantastic people, I have great opportunities for progression, Hays have the best training, an inspiring CEO etc etc !!

Pros

Fantastic training and career progression. Training is through, well structured and useful.

Pros

The company provides good training to juniors. You will learn the nuts and bolts of recruitment (including some of the dark arts of recruitment).

Advice to Management

Listen to your employees

Pros

Hays has given me training throughout my whole career and the opportunity to develop as an individual. The people are fantastic and will support you through the tough times.

Advice to Management

Keep supporting and training

Pros

Excellent culture & working environment, unrivalled career opportunities. Hays is an exciting place to be and I've always felt fortunate to be working for a company that is so progressive & ambitious both for itself and it's employees.

Pros

Environment and colleagues, clear progression path, easily monitored successes, monetary reward, fantastic training, mostly very knowledgeable and helpful senior management team, USPs - easy sell, they really are the best at what they do...in some markets! ;)

Advice to Management

Focus on your Associates, and not just the ones who come in and bill well in their first few months, and look at upping the basic pay for these positions - if people keep leaving in their first 12 months, there is a problem. Nurture people. Stop with the sink or swim and scapegoating mentality. Work more flexibly - this is something you are taught to hypocritically sell to your clients "flexible working" is important to happy employees, so live by it. Trust people a bit more, rigid core hours and lack of access to things from home really limit productivity.

Pros

First off I'd like to say that before I started at Hays I was a little bit skeptical of the reviews on here. I've worked at places that pressure employees into a positive review on GlassDoor. I can assure you that is not the case with Hays.

Training: Absolutely fantastic. On boarding gives you a great insight into the role and exactly what you need for your first few weeks in the office. Training is on going throughout your first 6 months.

Salary & Bonus: commission structure is generous and the basic is great for my area.

Management: So much support if you need it. I feel confident I could approach my manager with any issues that I may have and they would be dealt with promptly.

Culture: Very nice vibe in every Hays office I've been in. You can really tell everyone who is there wants to be there and has a real can do approach.

Colleagues: So far everyone I've met has come across as great. Everyone will put themselves out there to offer you help. My team is fantastic and we all click really well.

Job: Very different from what I envisioned this role to be. Each day is different. Be it visiting clients or interviewing candidates, you'll always have something to break up the day.

Work/life balance: I saw this a lot on the cons section but so far I haven't had an issue with this. There is NO pressure on you to stay behind after 6pm.

All in all, this is a great place to work. I feel like I am valued and my effort is appreciated. I like going in to work and I like my job.

Advice to Management

Keep doing what you are doing. There is a reason Hays is doing so well.

Pros

With such a diverse range of specialisms and the tools to make you truly expert in your chosen field, Hays enables staff pursue a career in their chosen area and career path to achieve your goals

Pros

One of the best reasons to work at Hays is the time and effort the company put in to each and every one of their employees. I really feel supported which drives me to do the best that I can. The structure is great and the working environment in my office is one of professionalism, passion and hard work. All geared towards being the best that they can be, whilst helping and supporting each other. A fantastic environment to be in.