Hays reviews

- One month of intense computer training that doesn't really prep you -Exclusive and lack of diversity - turn over was extremely high at my office. - Heavy on the metrics since week 2 - Cliquey environment - No work life Balance - Covid hybrid policy changed after we were hired, because the "other big corporations are doing it too so it's okay for us to do it" - Criticized about your metrics for things out of your control (candidate ghosts you or aren't qualified so you don't hit your numbers) - MICROMANAGED, they watch everything you do. The amount of calls you make, how many voicemails you leave, how long you're on the phone for, and send it to you every week. - encouraged to work through your lunch, pretty much suggested - it's normal to not make your first placement until about 6 months. They say it's normal but treat you like you're not doing good enough when you haven't made a placement yet - Candidates were often very annoyed to speak to us. We were encouraged to keep asking questions, even if they hang up on us. - Lunch & Learns ("it's okay, you can eat on the call") let people enjoy their lunches to themselves and decompress after being on the phones for hours. - "legal" letters sent to my email after quitting to intimidate me. - HAYS employee's reaching out to me after I quit to recruit me to their roles to make commission. Leaving voicemails like "hey, this is ___ from HAYs, the place you used to work"

Long hours, full 1hr for lunch are frowned upon, lots of micro managing, expect every moment of your time there to be closely monitored and watched! Zero benefits, Zero support, awful pay (But they will tell you this will change once you start placing candidates, but the commission isn't great) Progression is slow, you can go from associate Recruiter to Recruiter within 6 months of being there but once you make it to a fully fledged recruiter in their eyes, expected progression to be slow and don't expect to get any higher for a long time. After leaving hays and meeting with other ex hays recruiter, you realise that you are suffer from PTSD from the Hayes experience.