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At the end of the day, Hays is an agency. You will be doing very fast-paced outbound calling trying to hit numbers to please the higher-ups. I worked in Denver, and the culture there I thought was amazing. Great leadership and they went out of their way to make everyone feel welcome -- even doing fun events! It's a work hard, play hard environment. 

With that being said, I think the training here is great. They train you from the ground up, whether you have been a recruiter before or not. Everyone gets the same training and are given the tools that they need to be successful doing the job of a recruiter. 

My complaint is that it felt like others had an advantage in making placements over others. What I mean by this is that certain specialisms had better clients to work with, more competent account managers, etc. while others had clients that very realistically nobody wants to work for -- most of the job at that point is being laughed at or cussed out over the phone for trying to staff for said companies. Or you get mean LinkedIn messages. When it's put in that perspective, think about career growth. It isn't possible. I personally worked with people who were still an Associate Recruiter and not a step-up "Technical Recruiter" after working there for a year. But then somebody from the same training class got a promotion 3 months in -- again, due to good clients. I also experienced seeing people who I started with get 6-8 placements in 2 months while most others struggled. It was not a skill gap thing. See where I'm going with this? I think the success here is 50% luck with your specialism and the other 50% hard work and skill. When you are on the short end of the stick, you make a low base salary and that's it. It starts to feel like you're going to a low paying call center job to deal with rude people all day.

If you are a new grad or just anyone interested in HR, sales, or marketing, I recommend working here as a recruiter for a little while. Get experience and then move on or grow from there. They do have a good company culture which is hard to find. 

I worked with Hays for 2 years on a large account with the PID team. While this was a regularly shifting set of processes, our team was excellent at promoting a positive and engaging culture.l, which was beneficial in adjusting to the changes. The team could always depend one another for support and education.

There were some unexpected shifts in leadership which I feel was difficult on the staff, due to the expectations of the changing personalities in leadership. 



Spends: 200 000 K€ / 11 countries.
	Set-up of the European Purchasing Department and responsible for European and National Framework Agreements. Analysis, contracting, negotiation, implementation and control. Breach of supplier price fixings, cost optimization (price negotiation and re-engineering), purchasing departments restructuring. Coaching to Hays Logistics managers. Packaging (cardboard, Wood, stretch film), MHE, batteries, trucks & trailers, tires, fuel, company cars, temporary staff, racking, telecoms, IT.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Good pay and benefits.  Most benefits were effective the first day of the month after you start. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Contracted through Hays to work in a call center. Some of the callers had very heartbreaking issues to deal with. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
This particular job is a work at home call center. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
You must be signed into the call que and on ready unless you are on break or at lunch.

I was super excited when I landed a job at Hays as an IT Recruiter. Training was thorough, detailed, and definitely was a smooth transition into the role. The employees were all helpful. The location of the office was had a beautiful scenery! So many cool perks, and learned so much about the company in such a small amount of time hired. Due to COVID-19 in 2020. I was unfortunately laid off within 5 weeks of getting hired. Overall, would love a shot at that job again. 

I like working for Hays. They don't do much for training, so you really have to figure it out as you go along. I made some lifelong friendships while working here. I was laid off along with several others very abruptly. It came as a shock and the leadership was very rude about the situation and that caused me to question the integrity of the company. However, while working for Hays, they do many community outreaches and employee engagement programs. 

The pay is garbage. I loved my job for a while, but the management got to be pretty bad. When the boss tells their employees "I don't know how you all afford such fancy phones; I know how much you get paid." It's bad. It was a nice job if you're looking for something to do after retirement, but at under $8 after taxes, it wasn't worth it. You couldn't afford to live unless you had another job or already had a big savings. I hope their management changes in the future. 

There's a lot going on at all times and not all direction is completely clear. It seems some things are not always done proactively which leaves people stressed and sometimes confused. Everyone is very nice and when the correct direction and information is provided, things can run very smoothly, but unfortunately that's not as frequent as the aforementioned. Many people are just in Teams Meetings all day every day, which makes it hard to get a hold of people when needed or for them to get any work done throughout the day.

A typical day is cold calling constantly clients and candidates who are sick of the spam.

Culture is rotten and your rewards will be alcohol. Avoid if you have a drinking problem.

Compensation and commission are very substandard.

Treatment of associates is the worst 8 have witnessed.

The hardest part of the job is waking up and forcing yourself to come in. Encouraging staff to lie to clients and candidates and literally training staff to manipulate people.

The most enjoyable part of the job was quitting 

Fantastic, effortless communication line.
Very accommodating, compelled me to be extra productive and double efforts in response to their ‘no problem, let us help you’ nature.
To illustrate this, I miscalculated my holiday allowance and booked a ski holiday for a day too long. I was prepared to return earlier, but was given another convenient option.

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Sales representative 12 salaries reported	$325,000 per year
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Customer service representative 1 salary reported	$19.95 per hour
Water project manager 2 salaries reported	$175,000 per year

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