Unprofessional management and awful working hours. - Anonymous Hays Employee Review

1.0
Jun 26, 2018
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Pros

Clear training programmes at the beginning of your Associate Consultant days. A good company to work for to get an initial recruitment training and experience. Great for exposure to Senior Stakeholders in other businesses, depending on your specialism.

Cons

Very high turnover, including Senior and Managing Consultants. No support for a work/life balance, very long work days and it is frowned upon should you leave the office when your contracted hours finish. Management coming in hungover almost every day of the week, along with stories of highly unprofessional behaviour that would be brought into the office the next day. Very poor pay for the hours you're requested to work and commission structure is not competitive in the market. A lot of pressure on hitting KPIs from Senior Management.

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