Good training, bad execution - Anonymous employee FDM Group Employee Review

3.0
Jan 11, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The health insurance is great and there is a slight chance (minuscule) that you will be placed in a company that you actually enjoy working at in a good location. Training is paid and most of the trainers want you to succeed and are very helpful. The company culture is very relaxed even though there is a strict dress code. FDM throws fun boat parties every year and you get to meet the CEO from London. If you are flexible in relocation, you have a better chance to getting a position that you want. Otherwise if you want to stay in NYC...good luck.

Cons

Beware! When you start with FDM, you are forced to sign a 2-year contract with them that pays you WAYYY under the market value for your skills. This then affects your salary negotiations with future employers who don't want to "overpay" you. You are also bounded by a $30,000 penalty fee for the mediocre 4 month training you receive if you break your contract. Account managers are usually very cold and calculative. They see you as a way to make commission and don't care whether you're enjoying your placement or whether it's even in your field. If you are in the Development Stream, you might end up doing IT help desk support! It doesn't matter that it's not part of your career goals, FDM and the Account Managers get paid regardless. By that time, it will be too late because if you break the contract, you have a $30,000 'training fee' penalty!

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Pros

Gets you in front of corporate clients - especially good clients in the finance/banking/energy industries Decent base training (or affirming you have the skills already for an entry level role) Good entry level tech role for those looking to get their foot in the door Pretty good benefits (especially for a contractor role)

Cons

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Pros

It is a job that pays.

Cons

They will promise you opportunities that don't exist. The company they contract you to will promise you work that you will not be assigned. I was a Java Consultant with a masters degree in Math and certificate in full stack and I was shoved into a manual testing position that required zero coding and constantly dangled automation in front of my face. When I was asked to look at Selenium, I studied it in some of the copious amounts of downtime i had and was reprimanded during the next meeting for 'wasting company time'. I moved from Texas to New Jersey for my first position. After contracts with the company were terminated, I was pulled off my assignment only to be abruptly fired for "lack of geoflexibility" despite willingness to move to several places they do business including NYC and even Denver. There is no accountability from them as the only response they give is "the decision is final". There is no way to appeal a blatant lie. Their company has no integrity and side with business majors over people that know how chemicals and physics and electrical components work just seem like bad life decisions. They will say you can reapply but they won't hire you. They'd full of it at every angle.

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