Disgusting, low down and dirty! ZERO STARS! - Recruiting Coordinator Hays Employee Review

1.0
Oct 11, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I have nothing positive to say about this awful company.

Cons

If you’re a woman and have a family, trust me this place will treat you like trash. I was offered a modified schedule through management to cover a certain period of time where I didn’t have childcare and they fired my manager and told me they wouldn’t honor my schedule. (Remote flexibility for 2-3 days a week) Since my pay wasn’t high enough to cover childcare at that moment, they gave me zero options and they forced me out. HR even tried to trick me into quitting and offered 2 weeks pay if I did. Scam artists! Then they terminated me for not having childcare and not being willing to provide me a modified schedule (not indefinitely mind you) even though my functionality didn’t even require my presence onsite. To add insult to injury the benefits are AWFUL! I worked 2 days the week they FIRED me, and I didn’t even get a paycheck because those snakes decided to deduct the entire premium in that small check and cancel my insurance policy only a few days after they let me go. So now both myself AND my newborn were left with no insurance and I paid over $900 that one month. HORRIBLE COMPANY, I have nothing positive to say. They treated everyone on my team less than and they come around with smiling faces but we do the hardest work and have NO reward. I will never stop telling people how horrible this company is.

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Hays Response
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Thank you for your constructive feedback. We are disappointed to hear you felt you were not treated fairly while employed with Hays. While we strive to deliver an excellent employee experience, we unfortunately are unable to accommodate all employee work schedule requests, especially if they may be dictated by client needs. We’d also be glad to look into your benefits issue to ensure that you received the coverage you were entitled too per our benefits plan design. Work-life balance is recognized by Hays US as a key priority for every employee. Our core employees are offered benefits such as: -Generous PTO (including unlimited for some employees) -Company paid medical leave -Company sponsored trips Our Total Rewards team is continuously reviewing our employee benefits to ensure we remain an industry leader in offering the best benefit plan possible for our staff. We will use this feedback to see how to better improve in these areas. If you wish to speak to someone further, please feel free to email HRRequests@hays.com, and we can connect you directly with our Director of People Services.

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