Pros
Hays is a great brand, and working there is exciting. It feels like you are working for a great organisation with a strong team feel both in your specialism, office, region and country. There is great training and some very strong leaders who are passionate about recruitment and help develop individuals to create a great career. They work with some great brands and you have the opportunity to open doors that would be closed unless you worked for such a big brand
Cons
The hours are not just long, they are excessively long...longer than I have ever worked in the other recruitment companies that I have worked for. However, when part of the hays culture, you are more than happy to commit to this....even at the expense of your family...it gets you that way. The biggest downside from my point was the bullying I experienced from my direct line manager who slowly but consistently undermined me, made me feel inferior and ultimately made me leave after eroding my self confidence. Even with senior directors aware of some of his bullying behaviour (not all because he made sure it was discreet and mainly behind closed doors), and ultimately speaking to hr, he is still there and I hear promoted?Recruitment is a tough sector but rewarding bullying behaviour which resulted in someone who had great success leave is surely not one of the hays values that they say they epitomise?