Pros
The Academy has free coffee.
Cons
16 weeks of mandatory training at $12.50/hr provides you with no certification. Base salary is ~$22,680 with ~$68 bonus per day on placement. This theoretically equates to ~$40k in your first year. However, when you are between placements, you do not get your $68 bonus. This means you are getting payed ~$10.90/hr during the time you aren't in a placement. This is the minimum wage for students under 18 working less than 28 hours per week, $11.60 is true minimum wage as of writing. They get away with this for whatever reason (maybe that you have a set salary instead of an hourly one). Placements are not guaranteed, you still have to go through interviews with the FDM clients, and the placements are contracts of different lengths (that aren't necessarily going to be 2 years), so expect to be payed less than minimum wage for multiple stretches during your tenure. They value their training at $75/hr, that's their "investment in you." Breaching your two year contract with FDM can thus cost you upwards of $30k. Once you're in, you're in. Do not recommend.
