Does Hays pay their employees well?

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 improved by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Hays?

66% of Hays employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Hays 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Hays?

Recruitment Consultant (1002) , Consultant (379) , Recruiter (365) , Senior Recruitment Consultant (229) , Associate Recruitment Consultant (224) , Senior Consultant (208) , Associate Consultant (199) , Manager (169) , Account Manager (148) , Business Manager (119) , Director (90) , Senior Manager (85) , Intern (79) , Consultant en recrutement (76) , Key Account Manager (74)

What are the pros of working at Hays according to real employee reviews?

"Excellent training and induction programme that will set you up for a career in recruitment." ((in 675 reviews)); "Most of the teams have a great culture and it’s a very success driven company." ((in 410 reviews)); "I worked with really great people over a number of years with Hays and made some fabulous friends." ((in 322 reviews)); "I was lucky to be part of a great team who weren’t cut throat and were caring." ((in 217 reviews)); "Great support and colleagues." ((in 166 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Hays according to real employee reviews?

"Long hours and often expected to stay behind which can lead to burn out very quickly." ((in 358 reviews)); "Industry has low salaries for junior staff and Hays is no different" ((in 330 reviews)); "KPI's are really high and no work life balance" ((in 132 reviews)); "Flexibility for working hours" ((in 128 reviews)); "Clearly the management training is failing as all the managers do is micromanage instead of nurturing and supporting." ((in 104 reviews))

What are employees saying about Hays layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Hays layoffs and their outlook for job security at Hays in 2026.

Hays reviews

3.6

66% would recommend to a friend

(5,756 total reviews)

Mark Dearnley

99% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

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Hays has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 5,756 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Hays employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Recursos humanos industry (3.8 stars).

Reviews by job title

6K reviews

4.0

Nov 22, 2014

Recruitment Consultant at Hays

Recruitment consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent training, decent pay. Fantastic social culture!! I had lots of good times at Hays...Used inter-brand to globally re-brand which really freshened up their employer brand and corporate image.

Cons

Can micro-manage and take a one size fits all approach to business development/ KPI's. Long working hours and never managed to offer work-life balance like some other recruitment firms.

1.0

Nov 17, 2014

Absolutely Ridiculous Employer

Recruitment consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- training programme is outstanding. (albeit often delivered by extremely underqualified 'managers'.

Cons

-Long work hours - the expectation you will work through your lunch doesn't even allow you to finish early if needed for any kind of appointment. (bank, medical, estate agents etc) ... and when you work 8:30-6 everyday - this doesn't leave much room for organising your life. - Meritocracy allows for people who have NO people skills to become 'people managers' - resulting in poorly managed teams and awful moral in said teams. - They could not care about you as a person. Just whether they can mould you into some Hays clone. Despite the fact the interview process is rigorous and they meet you on numerous accasions - they still attempt to turn you into an exact replica of their other consultants; no personality, no real relationships with candidates OR clients, and no real personalities in the office. - The worst though, is despite all of this treatment, they expect you to kiss their feet and be extremely grateful that you work for 'HAYS'.... yeah right!

1.0

Nov 12, 2014

Company claiming to be the best, but failing miserably

Recruitment consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Money and friendly people with in the organisation and social aspect Money and friendly people with in the organisation and social aspect

Cons

cut throat, chances of progressing are based on blood and sweat... working crazy hours and hitting unrealistic kpi's

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