Hestia Careers and Employment

As Recruitment Manager, I am genuinely proud to say I work at Hestia. Don't get me wrong, it is hard work but the team is amazing, the work immensely rewarding and you can tell people have a real passion for what they do. I don't wake in the morning dreading going to work. Sure I hate the alarm because I do love my lie-ins.

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Working with management who have no policies and procedures in place to support vulnerable clients

As Recruitment Manager, I am genuinely proud to say I work at Hestia. Don't get me wrong, it is hard work but the team is amazing, the work immensely rewarding and you can tell people have a real passion for what they do. I don't wake in the morning dreading going to work. Sure I hate the alarm because I do love my lie-ins.

An online CV and cover letter. The cover letter is worth 50% so it is worth investing the time.

As a former employee, I feel embarrassed to say I worked at Hestia. It gave me a good start within this organisation as an adhoc worker before going permanent, but I had to do a massive amount of work alone which was stressful. My old service manager was fantastic but they moved her and the structure changed within our team. 2 area managers later I knew it was time to go, the new area manager didn't listen to anything you suggested even though she didn't know the services she had just taken on to manage. She was notorious for bullying behaviour writing rude and threatening emails, wouldn't apologise when she was wrong, picking on non-white people, leading to others in her other teams leaving and eventually myself. She was reported but as per usual the incestuous culture of some places in the organisation, nothing ever happened, only reinforcing her behaviour. Other professionals hear about Hestia and roll their eyes, or ask if what they've heard (usually negative) is true. I have stayed in contact with 2 people who are still employed there and according to them nothing has changed since the 4 years I left.

Competency based, however changing to value based

Casual smart

Nd co production and client centred

As Recruitment Manager, I am genuinely proud to say I work at Hestia. Don't get me wrong, it is hard work but the team is amazing, the work immensely rewarding and you can tell people have a real passion for what they do. I don't wake in the morning dreading going to work. Sure I hate the alarm because I do love my lie-ins.

As a former employee, I feel embarrassed to say I worked at Hestia. It gave me a good start within this organisation as an adhoc worker before going permanent, but I had to do a massive amount of work alone which was stressful. My old service manager was fantastic but they moved her and the structure changed within our team. 2 area managers later I knew it was time to go, the new area manager didn't listen to anything you suggested even though she didn't know the services she had just taken on to manage. She was notorious for bullying behaviour writing rude and threatening emails, wouldn't apologise when she was wrong, picking on non-white people, leading to others in her other teams leaving and eventually myself. She was reported but as per usual the incestuous culture of some places in the organisation, nothing ever happened, only reinforcing her behaviour. Other professionals hear about Hestia and roll their eyes, or ask if what they've heard (usually negative) is true. I have stayed in contact with 2 people who are still employed there and according to them nothing has changed since the 4 years I left.

It is hard work but we take time to have a laugh and have build genuine friendships within the team. They know life happens and when it goes, there is so much love and support.