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 680 reviews)); "The culture here is great now and the business is transforming in a positive direction." ((in 413 reviews)); "I worked with really great people over a number of years with Hays and made some fabulous friends." ((in 323 reviews)); "I was lucky to be part of a great team who weren’t cut throat and were caring." ((in 216 reviews)); "Great support and colleagues." ((in 164 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 350 reviews)); "Industry has low salaries for junior staff and Hays is no different" ((in 345 reviews)); "Low pay and sometimes less shifts" ((in 141 reviews)); "KPI's are really high and no work life balance" ((in 134 reviews)); "Clearly the management training is failing as all the managers do is micromanage instead of nurturing and supporting." ((in 103 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 11, 2014

Corporate machine with terrible retention and lack of discipline.

Associate consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great training, good social life. Never a boring moment.

Cons

Experienced sexism and racism, issues raised were not dealt with effectively by senior management. Persistent micro-managing and being threatened with my job until I eventually quit. Commission structure is also terrible in comparison to other recruitment companies.

2.0

Jan 22, 2014

Disorganized and not interested in long-term investment in staff

Recruitment consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Training provided to new recruiters is very good

Cons

Absolutely terrible custom-built recruitment tool, metrics driven results in "garbage-in = garbage-out" in their database, to eager to reorganize and shuffle staff rather than develop their talent in any area

1.0

Apr 23, 2013

Suck the life out of you, terrible management

Senior consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay/ commission Good office banter

Cons

Terrible management- awful management style, unmotivating, unrealistic expectations. Hierachy between senior managers and other staff- "us and them" culture All KPI driven- care more about whether you're hitting your target than whether you're actually providing clients with a decent service. Tar each consultant (whether billing a lot or not) with the same brush Hire and fire culture Long hours Unappreciative of hard work Unflexible- time off sick is almost not allowed Too many office politics Staff are not valued at all, as soon as you're not hitting your targets your got rid of. I wasn't persoanlly but saw it happen to other people

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Corporate machine with terrible retention and lack of discipline.

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Suck the life out of you, terrible management

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