Hays reviews

3.6

66% would recommend to a friend

(5,757 total reviews)
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Mark Dearnley

99% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Hays has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 5,757 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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6K reviews
1.0
Jan 10, 2020

Employees are robots

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Pros

Struggling to find any not pay, not management, computers are slow, very unprofessional, favouritism , unfair policies

Cons

Employees just a number, never rewarded for efforts, no Management support very unprofessional. One rule for one and different for another. Lots of favouritism, do not value hardworking employees. If you are sick and with Dr note they will still pin you for that. Hays HR not friendly, lots of political here.

1.0
Dec 5, 2019

WORST place ever

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Pros

um the location? Nothing else really.

Cons

Everything Feels like a telstra call center. Management are ignorant and unprofessional Over worked team. Bad process End user have 0 clue.

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Hays Response
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We are sorry to hear about your experience at Hays. Our culture is something we are very proud of - your feedback doesn’t align to Hays’ values or general practices and we invite you to an exit interview to provide your feedback. If you would like to participate, please contact our HR Advisor directly at Holly.Riddell@Hays.com.au .
1.0
Nov 10, 2019
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Pros

There are some good people at the company - fun to work with. Good to get the initial recruitment experience and nothing else. 4 weeks of vacation.

Cons

For a sales job that pays commission, the commission amount is embarrassingly low (5% or so). There is very little financial incentive to hit/exceed targets. Not to mention no one knows how commission is actually calculated. The base salary is also very low, and the benefits (health/dental etc.) are not good. There is no flex time and no remote/work from home options. The managers are micro-managers and will lie to your face about what you can achieve. The managers are the ones raking in the big dollars while the work is done by others. KPIs are their sole focus. Prepare to be micromanaged. You won't be recognized for any sort of accomplishment unless you happen to luck out and inherit some clients. There is very little loyalty shown to employees. The moment any KPI or whatever it may be dips a little, they show no loyalty and thus there is a culture of fear prevalent where anyone can get fired. They will kick you out and forget all about you. Shockingly poor empathy. There are clear biases within some teams. Tenure or whatever does not matter if the manager does not like you, they will give the opportunity to someone else. The VPs in the office have no real qualifications to speak of other than the fact they've been at the company a long time. They don't secure big deals, they don't do work with large established companies because those companies use other recruitment agencies. They conduct meetings in a way a sales person with a year of experience can do, there is nothing special about the leadership and thus don't expect any opportunities or support from them to grow the business.

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