Hays plc Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Hays plc

Pros – largest recruitment company in UK

Cons – poor management understanding of the business

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Hays plc

Pros – working with fun dynamic people

Cons – bad pay and bad biscuits and lack or respect for support staff

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Hays plc

Pros – Few exceptional people work there

Cons – Hayspharma: consultants afraid of competition and hardwork.
Manipulation and underhand work prevelant at all levels

Advice to Senior Management – Comment directed to Hayspharma, Meritrocracy needed.
Need to make a huge efforts in promoting professional behavious toward colleagues and candidates

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Hays plc

Pros – Good benefits, similarly minded colleagues, database excellent.

Cons – Poor Management, unfair promotions, general feeling of depression.

Advice to Senior Management – Be more open minded, ensure that skill is identified and used appropriately - less micro management.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Hays plc

Pros – Brand, global capability, research, money, teams, globalization, recruitment specialists, internal systems, understanding of markets, management capability, offices across china and asia.

Cons – Ability for management to understand what the consultants want is not a priority for the organisation. very focussed on profit.

Advice to Senior Management – Don't necessarily make such large changes in cut backs when markets down turn, uphold promises and continually invest in people to improve overall staff retention.

Former Employee – worked at Hays plc

Pros – Professional blue chip organisation with a strong brand presence, e.g. largest recruitment company in the UK. Highly focused on performance and results with positive competition amongst consultants and offices.

Cons – After the credit crunch in 2008 Hays seemed to struggle to adjust swiftly to the different market place and were inflexible in allocating people to areas where there were still business opportunities. Also rather than make people redundant they set ridiculous targets backed up by letters to falsely performance management people out of the business. Although people were judged by results it was clear that some people were not promoted for any reason other than playing politics.

Advice to Senior Management – Recruitment is a people focused business and the database is just a tool, it will never replace the personal touch of understanding job briefs and people's career aspirations. It seemed that more energy and resources were put into the new system than on the people who were using it.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Hays plc

Pros – If you need a job and can't find anything else, work here. Pay is acceptable if you're willing to work long hours and give up a personal life.

Cons – Where to start? It's easier to just say this company is awful in every respect. Outdated business approach, useless management that will hinder your every good idea.

Advice to Senior Management – Your company needs a complete overhaul. A modern business model and a refresher course in business ethics would be a good start.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Hays plc

Pros – Big brand
Good way to start a career

Cons – Poor careers reviews
Not great benefits

Former Employee – worked at Hays plc

Pros – Brand recognition, ability to earn,

Cons – Senior management rarily come from any external business so their ability to think 'outside the box' is shocking. Transparency in communication is terrible and many senior level staff think they are really 'playing the game', however based on the culture and organisational design of their business they actively support individuality, and do not support team work. Should you choose to work at Hays expect to work on your own and have others actively work against you. A very dry, British business.

Advice to Senior Management – Hire some senior staff from other organisations. With Alistair coming into the business there is the potential for change, however I think he's been brought in to boost stock prices and sell the place . . . .

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Hays plc

Pros – respect and freedom to pursue specialism

Cons – relatively ltd products and solutions

Advice to Senior Management – ltd products and solutions