Hays reviews

The work hard play hard culture doesn't suit everybody and some struggle with the amount of multi-tasking required

if you enjoy sitting in a cubicle from 8 AM to 7 PM calling people who think you are the scum of the earth, maybe you will like this job. the candidates that you're calling get so many calls a day that they are always fed up and irritated with you when you call. many of them have blocked our numbers or set their phones up to not accept incoming calls because we are basically forced to stalk and harass people. we stalk them on linked in, call into their companies while they're at work, call their home phones and cellphones over and over again multiple times a day. they sell the position as being "consultative" and helpful... but in reality, you are a sleazy telemarketer. they hype the job up so much in the interview but it's not glamourous. you will work 60 hours a week, getting hung up on and yelled at. this industry makes you feel like a parasite - feeding off other people's talent - and the candidates look at you like that as well. And then there is the metrics. You have about 10 different numbers you have to hit and upon which you are evaluated. you have KPIs and you have to meet with the boss every week to discuss how you fell short that week - and they are never satisfied. no matter how you performed, they demand that you do better and hit higher and higher targets. And that's why everyone works 60+ hours a week. There aren't enough hours in the day to do what is expected of you - and at the end of the day, you can't control your candidates. a deal will fall through in the last minute, your candidate will ghost on you and avoid your calls; and you will have to answer for it.