Toxic Culture, Bully, Intimidating behaviour from senior management to associate level. - Business Manager Hays Employee Review

1.0
12 Jun 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

First 7 years were good, change in management and business trends has made it all toxic

Cons

Toxic culture Hays breed green eyed monsters and encouraging arguments over fees between staff No team environment Number driven...no client or candidate relationships Constant emails about KPIs Demotivating environment Just all round poison

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Hays Response
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Thank you for your feedback. Our culture at Hays is something we are extremely proud of, as well as our high level of ethical business practices. As your comments do not align with Hays’ values and the culture we strive for, we would like to learn more about your experience, please feel free to contact Tami Hibbert, Head of HR at Tami.Hibbert@hays.com.au, thank you.

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5.0
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