Long hours, controlling and nasty management style - Recruitment Consultant Hays Employee Review

1.0
Mar 17, 2018
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Pros

Some good people, usually at lower level. Never had a problem with directors, usually much more understanding and empathetic than team managers. I learned a lot here, very good training.

Cons

Quite frankly, my manager was a bully. I worked for the business for just over 2 years, and the main reason why I dreaded getting up for work in the morning was the thought of spending the day with my manager. Unsupportive, nasty, clearly had favourites and overall was the worst manager I have had in my career. This was something felt across the team, but no one felt they could say anything as they didn't feel they would be listened to. In the end the team voted with their feet.

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Hays Response
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This is very sad to read and I’m sorry you didn’t have a good experience working for Hays. We don’t tolerate any kind of bullying behaviour so we’d like to investigate this further - could you please contact Trisha Brookes, Director of People and Culture?

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