Does Hays pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Hays employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.2 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?

65% of Hays employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Hays 3.5 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 (997) , Consultant (378) , Recruiter (363) , 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 (75) , 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 667 reviews)); "The culture here is great now and the business is transforming in a positive direction." ((in 407 reviews)); "I worked with really great people over a number of years with Hays and made some fabulous friends." ((in 310 reviews)); "I was lucky to be part of a great team who weren’t cut throat and were caring." ((in 212 reviews)); "Great support and colleagues." ((in 165 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 365 reviews)); "Industry has low salaries for junior staff and Hays is no different" ((in 335 reviews)); "KPI's are really high and no work life balance" ((in 136 reviews)); "Flexibility for working hours" ((in 131 reviews)); "Clearly the management training is failing as all the managers do is micromanage instead of nurturing and supporting." ((in 107 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

65% would recommend to a friend

(5,743 total reviews)

Mark Dearnley

99% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.7

Career opportunities

3.6

Culture & values

3.5

Work/Life balance

3.2

Senior management

3.2

Compensation and benefits

Hays has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 5,743 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 4, 2020

treated poorly, just view you as £

Recruitment consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

free coffee and tea, end of year do

Cons

treated poorly, all based on luck of desk you are given

1.0

Nov 10, 2019

Bad

Recruiter

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

There is Good training and incentives

Cons

Everything else Is rubbish, pay is bad, management are lacking

Hays Response

6y

Thank you for writing this review for Hays, we appreciate your feedback. At Hays we are committed to helping all of our employees with industry leading Learning & Development programmes. We are pleased that you are enjoying our incentives and benefits that MyChoice provides. Your salary at Hays consists of base salary as well as commission. There is no limit to your earning potential at Hays. By providing you with industry leading tools, technology and learning programmes we enable you to exceed sales targets and earn what you deserve.

4.0

Mar 12, 2019

Associate Consultant

Associate consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flat-working environment, freedom and autonomy, commission, transparent promotion system and clear incentives, international working environment, extensive training from senior consultants to help you hone your sales and business development skills, free drinks every Friday, you are free from work on weekends because you cannot bring your work home with you (no email access outside of the office until you are at a higher consultant status. which has its pros and cons.)

Cons

Commission system is maybe a bit deceptive at first glance. You must always cover your base salary before you'll see any commission, so if what you billed does not exceed what it costs for Hays to pay you that month, you won't see a dime. Btw your base salary as an Associate Consultant is 3.5 million yen, which will go up to 4 million after 9 months which is the earliest you can get promoted to Consultant, but only if you meet your promotion target which is 12 million yen. (these facts are not necessarily negative for me but are helpful for anyone considering to join and thinking that it will be easy to get promoted. ). Depending on who you get as a manager, KPI expectations can be very different as well. Although I think from the stories I heard about Robert Walters etc, Hays may be more on the lenient side concerning meeting all your KPI's - focusing more on actual billing numbers and results.

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