FDM Group reviews

3.1

53% would recommend to a friend

(3,949 total reviews)
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Rod Flavell

55% approve of CEO

34% positive business outlook

FDM Group has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 3,949 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The FDM Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0
Sep 2, 2012
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Pros

The technical training itself is good although much of it was not instructor led during my time there. The office/training facility on Wall St is nice.

Cons

While most of the training is good, the training FDM provides to familiarize trainees with the finance world is inadequate. They did not seem to have anyone qualified enough to teach finance basics during my time there. Important to stress that FDM does not guarantee you employment, they shop your resume/CV to companies and facilitate interviews. They are supposed to keep on putting your resume out there until you get placed. As someone in management told me: "it's our job to get you a job". In my case, I did get some interviews but was never placed. After my sign off from training (4 months in), I no longer had to attend the training facility every day. From this point on FDM never contacted me for anymore interviews. No reason was given for this, the interviews just stopped coming in for me. There can be many legitimate reasons why this occurred; but none of the sales people or anyone in management ever bothered to offer an explanation. They just continued to ignore emails sent to them. I have witnessed many trainees get placed with companies so It is obviously not a scam; it just appears to me that the process does not work for everybody.

5.0
Aug 21, 2012
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Pros

-You get high-value training from the get-go at no cost (no course tuition) -Time savings: you learn things in a week that you could spend a full semester on in a course elsewhere -Great, professional, knowledgable trainers -Sales team committed exclusively to placement with clients -Very well-connected company; they have contacts at real big-name companies and can get you in the door. If you do well, the client may even take you on once your 2 year commitment to FDM is up. -Lots of great company events; very social, friendly work environment

Cons

-You must be able to support yourself during the weeks of training. -Located in NYC, so there's a high cost of living if you're not local

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