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

Jun 26, 2025

micromanaging

Recruitment consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good team building and staff events

Cons

Micromanaging, being called out in front of colleagues, impossible targets, being managed out of the company, managers are liars

2.0

Mar 9, 2025

Huge potential, lack of execution and poor culture

Business director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Talented, experienced employees Evolved corporate services (finance + legal teams) Enterprise Solutions Learning & Development team is consistently good and high performing

Cons

Scattered senior leadership team who do follow strategy. Poor performance culture where senior leaders don’t manage effectively. People and Culture team is highly toxic and unprofessional.

2.0

Feb 24, 2025

toxic work environment

Recruitment consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

usually finish on time which is good for the industry good training

Cons

poor management style from managers frequent comments disguised as jokes from managers about me being stupid, annoying, generally derogatory and mean, felt singled out by these comments as the rest of the team did not receive this (some "banter" but not nearly to the same extent) zero care for wellbeing of employees - 1 pre-booked mental health *hour* per month allowed- and you would be questioned on what you would do during your hour and had to get approval. no social culture within teams extremely KPI driven extremely high turnover rate - becomes clear why very quickly micromanagement had a very senior manager i was not close at all to joke about wanting me to die so they could get time off of work to "grieve"

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