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 (76) , 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)); "Most of the teams have a great culture and it’s a very success driven company." ((in 420 reviews)); "I worked with really great people over a number of years with Hays and made some fabulous friends." ((in 313 reviews)); "I was lucky to be part of a great team who weren’t cut throat and were caring." ((in 214 reviews)); "Great support and colleagues." ((in 160 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 359 reviews)); "Industry has low salaries for junior staff and Hays is no different" ((in 340 reviews)); "Low pay and sometimes less shifts" ((in 154 reviews)); "KPI's are really high and no work life balance" ((in 133 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

Feb 16, 2024

Work environment not inclusive or supportive of neurodivergence

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Leadership very capable and knowledgeable business wise. Continuous training available.

Cons

Excessive workload. Very poor IT systems impairing the fast-paced work demand. Lack of openness to change processes. Micromanagement. Traumatising 1-2-1 meetings. Office working arrangements not supporting neurodivergent employees, despite requests made. Pressure to follow office culture behaviours not akin to diverse workforce (neurodivergent, culturally different employees)

1.0

Jan 20, 2024

Disgusting treatment of staff - steer clear of this place.

Senior recruitment executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Training is good and professional from the outset but the politics, favouritism, heavily archaic views on staff management make this a bad place to work. Very poor treatment of staff, mispay internal staff constantly and then they blame the manual based system. They will use and abuse staff if the senior leader is a bad egg. Some insecure leaders exist at hays trying to sandbag good staff. Severe culture issues, retention system that provides a workplace that push 20yrs olds to work hard and anyone older out the door, no conflicting priorities allowed. Stay away or leave after you are trained!

Cons

Toxic workplace, not based on meritocracy Hemmorage staff constantly and leadership team based on favourites & luck. Social events should be banned here based on bad behaviour.

1.0

Dec 14, 2023

Hays ral

Executive team leader

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You can receive a good bonus

Cons

Pressure, no respect for people

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