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      Demotivating and Toxic - Payroll Officer Hays Employee Review

      1.0
      Jun 11, 2017
      Payroll officer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great, friendly and hard working team in the department. The people keep you in the job not the job or company itself.

      Cons

      Micromanagement and NO PRIVACY. Normal 8.30 to 5 working hours not enough for the workload. unrealistic expectations. Playing favourites with current managers who are lazy and only good for passing work to already overloaded staff! No reward, recognition or appreciation for hard work. Very toxic and demotivating environment.

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      Hays Response
      8y
      Your review is really disheartening and although I do not work for payroll in Sydney, I have a few friends that do and as such am very surprised to hear you think the environment is toxic. Regardless and out of respect for you taking the time to share your thoughts, I have passed your comments onto the head of HR to review and action accordingly.

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      Cons

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      CEO approval
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      Cons

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