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 (998) , Consultant (378) , Recruiter (364) , Senior Recruitment Consultant (228) , 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?

"The company wide training is good and comprehensive." ((in 678 reviews)); "Most of the teams have a great culture and it’s a very success driven company." ((in 420 reviews)); "I worked with really great people over a number of years with Hays and made some fabulous friends." ((in 317 reviews)); "I was lucky to be part of a great team who weren’t cut throat and were caring." ((in 210 reviews)); "Great support and colleagues." ((in 162 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 362 reviews)); "Industry has low salaries for junior staff and Hays is no different" ((in 350 reviews)); "Flexibility for working hours" ((in 133 reviews)); "KPI's are really high and no work life balance" ((in 129 reviews)); "Clearly the management training is failing as all the managers do is micromanage instead of nurturing and supporting." ((in 100 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

(5,746 total reviews)

Mark Dearnley

99% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Career opportunities

3.6

Culture & values

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.3

Senior management

3.3

Compensation and benefits

Hays has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 5,746 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).

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Reviews by job title

6K reviews

1.0

May 11, 2014

Corporate machine with terrible retention and lack of discipline.

Associate consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great training, good social life. Never a boring moment.

Cons

Experienced sexism and racism, issues raised were not dealt with effectively by senior management. Persistent micro-managing and being threatened with my job until I eventually quit. Commission structure is also terrible in comparison to other recruitment companies.

5.0

May 11, 2014

Excellent place to work

Senior consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Office atmosphere buzzing every day. The calibre of staff is excellent with everyone helping to push each other on to achieve goals every day. Helpful and friendly culture which promotes best practice.

Cons

Somewhat restricted with involvement in back-office process which can cause a back-log of paperwork and administration. Sometimes this can cause time to be wrapped up in sorting this out which detracts from sales activity.

1.0

May 10, 2014

A company with no Ethics

It manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Some very good people work at Hays and are very sociable. The management have no interest in maintaining a team and are more geared towards a factory model to make money. Would suit any managers working in this sort of an environment.

Cons

No direction from management. Self preservation attitude everywhere you turn. Mostly firefighting throughout rather than analyzing the actual problem.No company ethics towards employees.

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