Graduate Scheme - Anonymous employee FDM Group Employee Review

2.0
Apr 15, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Nice office location - good opportunity if you can't get anything else. Please bear in mind this should be your LAST RESORT! Try all other places before committing to 2 years of FDM slavery. Please disregard the 5 star reviews, they are written by FDM.

Cons

Too many to list on here, some of them are: - sub-standard training to begin with - the training is just an excuse to bill you £20,000 so you dont leave them for the next 2 years. - poor attitude to trainees throughout the company, as mentioned in other reviews - inadequate pay for London; FDM charge the client 3 times what you get paid in the first and second years - you are treated fairly on client's site, however communication with FDM is always a pain

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FDM Group Response
8y
I’m sorry to hear you wouldn’t recommend FDM after 3 years and especially your thoughts on the training received. The training is developed specifically to ensure our people excel on client sites and are able to start making a difference from day one. We do ask for a commitment of two years, which repays the initial training cost and gives security to our clients. For you though this also means you have two years (or three in your case) of solid commercial experience with our client base. We are as transparent as possible and go through the model as well as all the terms and conditions to everyone who joins the programme multiple times. We have a number of support programmes in place to ensure that our consultants are able to easily contact someone at FDM whenever they need to. These include consultant peer support ambassadors, relationships managers, business development managers, as well as HR and account management support. We also have an established mentoring programme. All of these initiatives are designed to support our people in their careers. I do accept that communication can always be improved and we have recently made a number of changes that will have a big impact here. I would I would welcome the opportunity to discuss your feedback further. Please email andy.brown@fdmgroup.com Andy Brown – Chief Commercial Officer

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