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    3.8
    77%
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    93%
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    Hays CEO Alistair R. Cox
    Alistair R. Cox
    1,256 Ratings
    Pros

    • "It is definitely a work hard play hard type of company and colleagues quickly become friends" (in 138 reviews)

    • "Career progression are very transparent" (in 138 reviews)

    Cons
    More Pros and Cons

    1. "Fantastic company, fantastic culture"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      • Culture & Values
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      • Compensation and Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Director in Dublin, Dublin
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Hays full-time for more than 10 years

      Pros

      Culture, ethics, fun, high-performance, training, support, customer-centric

      Cons

      Salaries could be higher but commission is very transparent and fair

      Advice to Management

      Keep doing what you're doing. Try and encourage the business to take a long-term view, keep focussing on the employees in terms of their wellbeing and development, keep strong customer relationships.

      Hays2019-11-21

    2. "Consultant"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee 

      I worked at Hays full-time

      Pros

      Great Training, experience and opportunities to learn

      Cons

      Salary, commission scheme, small offices

      Hays2019-10-22
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    3. "Content Review"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Content Reviewer in Dublin, Dublin
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No Opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Hays full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      Good job with a nice enviroment

      Cons

      Does not help to get experience for the cv

      Hays2019-11-03

    4. "recruitment consultant"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Dublin, Dublin
      Doesn't Recommend

      I have been working at Hays full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      Excellent technology. Good Facilities.

      Cons

      long hours. Very hard work.Little to no help in region offices. Everything evolves around Dublin.

      Hays2019-10-25

    5. "Terrible business model"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Former Employee - Recruitment Consultant in Dublin, Dublin
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No Opinion of CEO

      I worked at Hays full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      Good training. That is all.

      Cons

      Salary is lower than market rate. Major commission threshold. No support from management, they dont listen or try solve problems. Not a nice environment. No client base. Extremely high turnover of staff as they would rather replace someone than change things. Would avoid, much better agencies out there.

      Advice to Management

      Listen to all staff members. Have more structure around management. You cant expect to grow your business if you have to replace an entire team every 6-12 months due to terrible staff retention rates.

      Hays2019-11-14

    6. "Very bad management"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Recruitment Consultant in Dublin, Dublin
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at Hays full-time for more than 3 years

      Pros

      Some nice people, two very funny staff members on the IT & Construction team

      Cons

      Very poor management, will often see senior managers bully staff members in the middle of the office, it’s a massive problem and it’s just ignored despite resulting in numerous staff members leaving. They company has a bad rep and as a result have little to no clients despite what you will be told at interview stage. Managers are too focused on KPI and will want you to just tick boxes hitting a target rather than... quality work.

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      Advice to Management

      Stop letting managers bully your staff, it’s insane in 2019 that you can still see this happening in a workplace

      Hays2019-11-12
    7. Helpful (1)

      "Terrible Management and slave wages"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Recruitment Consultant in Dublin, Dublin
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at Hays full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      Good location, some very nice staff, girls on reception are life savers

      Cons

      They really really need to review who they promote to managers, just because people can bill doesn't mean they are in any way capable of managing people, i have seen one director bully people in the middle of the office, make personal insults to junior staff members and force people out of the company because they didn't like them personally. You will be sold a lie when you interview and will be told they have... tons of clients however when you get in you find out that actually they don't. You role will quick become a business development role in which managers will expect you to be pulling in new clients on a daily basis, even on desks that have never been successful in the past. Their expectations for new recruits is beyond belief. Have seen a lot of great recruiters leave the company for rivals due to poor management and been stuck on cold desks with no support from management. Instead of paying for a senior recruiter they pay minimum wage to hire a recent grad, expect them to do the work of a senior recruiter then fire them when it doesn't work before repeating the cycle. Also be prepared to go out to clients to show their data on what workers want and salary guides but when the issues are raised internally staff are shouted down and told them they dont need a pay rise they can just work harder and make commission, like everything with hays managers will respond to you like a child.

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      Advice to Management

      Stop treating staff like children, pay a living wage, stop letting decent recruiters leave because they get no support on cold desks and the biggest one is stop letting managers bully staff.

      Hays2019-10-31
    8. Helpful (1)

      "Recruitment Consultant"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Current Employee - Associate Recruitment Consultant 
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Hays full-time

      Pros

      Exposure to the world of business and recruitment

      Cons

      Pay, management, too focused on KPI activity rather than meaningful activity

      Hays2019-10-09
    9. Helpful (1)

      "Management Haven't A Clue"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      Former Employee - Recruitment Consultant in Dublin, Dublin
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at Hays full-time for more than a year

      Pros

      Good training program and great staff.

      Cons

      Senior Management don't know what is going on, from the top down in Ireland. Worst paying agency recruitment company, and release a salary guide yearly (they could learn from there own salary guide and what workers want report)

      Advice to Management

      Start looking into what your so called managers are going and treating staff, instead of walking around with your head on the clouds.

      Hays2019-10-22
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