Not worth the effort - Construction Hays Employee Review

1.0
6 Nov 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I honestly can't remember anything good

Cons

Late on wages, Unorganized, zero empathy, clueless contacts

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Hays Response
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Thank you for your review. We always strive to ensure everyone at Hays experiences a strong supportive culture with the opportunity to develop & ultimately succeed as recruiting experts. I am surprised to hear that as an employee of Hays you were not paid on time and as such would like to discuss this more with you if you could please call me directly on 0203 465 0202. I look forward to receiving your call. Jenna Alexander. Head of Internal Recruitment, UK & Ireland.

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