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      FDM Group

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      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

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      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.5

      Work/Life balance

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      3.1

      Culture & values

      2.9

      Senior management

      2.4

      Compensation and benefits

      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
      Aug 12, 2012

      If you join the I.T. scheme they couldn't care less about you

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Very easy to become a trainee - this does not mean that you are getting paid though nor does it mean that you will get a job.

      Cons

      Sign off process: You can train for 6 months+ without pay. This training is mainly self-taught. When you get signed off you have to allow FDM 3 months to find you an interview for a job. If at the end of 3 months they find you nothing only then you can leave without owing them anything. The risk: You may have to attend their office 9-5:30 for 9 months and get nothing or get something that you don't want. You may work at a reputable organisation, but by having FDM as your agent any benefits such as pay rises, and promotions don't come your way. If you are happy with the work that FDM found you and your employer is happy with you, the employer may wish to take you on permanently at the end of your 2 years with FDM. In such a situation you would not be allowed to apply for a job with the company that you worked at. The employer would have to deal with FDM. FDM would charge the company a substantial sum of money to sign you, even if your 2 years with FDM has ended. In such a situation the company may decide that they don't want to pay your agent a signing on fee.

      1.0
      Aug 10, 2012

      PMO Stream - Manchester - Disappointed with what was offered and office culture

      Pmo analyst - trainee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      - Offers a back door into blue chip companies should you lack in any area of their applications process. - Entry level roles allow for progress within these companies. - Easy to get into

      Cons

      - Training is basic to say the least classroom based with trainers who don't really understand the role. - £20,000 debt is what you end up with from the training if u leave at any time before the end of two years, that is only just off the price of university fees. - If you don't get a placement then you have to still attend your nearest academy and they still don't pay you. This means that if you pay travel costs and don't get placed for 3 months after you have completed training then you still have to pay to get there which for me would have cost a further £900 on top of the initial £900 to cover the training itself. - when you get placed you have to sort out your own living costs. - No guarantee of a job after training. - No security with the job. - No loyalty to trainees. Considering that people are there products the treatment of staff is awful and the seem to have no empathy for people.

      2.0
      Aug 6, 2012

      Like having teeth pulled

      Fdm mountie
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      Pros

      They guarantee you a job in a respectable institute For two years they will find you work They are essentially an agency so should you lose your job they find you another but the upside is they pay you while you're in their offices doing some 'training'

      Cons

      You are a product, they will not help you with career development in any way shape or form They pay half the industry standard They value 'training' at £20,000 however very few courses are trainer led, the Excel VBA course is an abridged version of Excel for Dummies They tell you salaries after the 2nd year will double but they come in at a lower rate than they promised when first trying to ensnare you, again under industry standard.

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