High street Agency masquerading as a Consultancy - Consultant Hays Employee Review

1.0
Apr 21, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Office location is central, SOME nice genuine people and beers on a Friday.

Cons

Beware - if you struggle, they won't help you overcome your issues, they set more targets then manage you out. Atmosphere - not a sales environment and a Director constantly walks around clapping and rubbing his hands together whilst saying 'cummon whats next?'.....to motivate people. Process - numbers numbers, numbers! Volume is king. They dont even prep candidates, sometimes they even forward a CV to a client with "interviewing" first. The office is multidisciplinary (educations, engineering etc), it's a onesize fits all approach to how to run a desk. They insist on useless, timewasting processes too. Management - most are only interested in the money they make from you. It's easy to tell that they aren't interested in you as a person or your development. Training - horrendous. Two weeks (module 1 and 2) which broadly covers recruitment process. Dont expect to learn how to raise a Job, how to sell, how to overcome objections or how to properly interview and assess a candidate.

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Hays Response
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Thank you for your review. It sounds like you didn’t enjoy your time at Hays and we hope that you will now find a role and company better suited to you. As discussed, we wish you luck with your future endeavours.

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