Hays reviews

Regular sexual harassment by management, reports of managers making workers cry in meetings, management encouraged skipping meals during team meetings, lack of proper training and skill development, inconsistent and unclear policy/practices, refusal by HR to investigate two reports of retaliation and workplace harassment. The company also attempted to increase the hourly work expectation for salaried workers with no increase in pay. Refused to take action when discriminatory benefits packages were pointed out. Regular refusal by HR/Benefits/Payroll to communicate clearly and effectively. Caught the company underpaying me after learning my coworkers' salaries and was subsequently illegally told that we were not allowed to discuss pay with one another. Frequent surveillance and reporting of workers to management. When workers inquired about the role a new team would fulfill and their fears of being laid off, they were told not to worry, provided no information that answered their questions, and then were laid off months later with no notice or warning.

Hays is a big brand so you have that backing, but it is a ruthless culture, backstabbing, shallow and unpleasant. Processes are old you won't learn anything new. I worked at Hays for a few months and was shocked to encounter the management in strategy and planning openly calling the team names such as bottleneck, and asked questions like, do you deserve the salary you are paid. I was asked to read my JD on the screen and was blamed continuously for the team's performance. I was told at the beginning of my role that one of my employees was linked to a senior management colleague, and as such would only be required to come into the office one day per week, while the other members of staff came into the office five days over two weeks. I was told that if you have a family member in Senior management, you will receive preferential treatment. Bullying was conducted openly on MS Teams and HR didn't say anything. Threats of dismissal were constantly given, and the line manager had no time to carry out 1:1 meetings.