They squeeze as much as they can out of you and give as little as possible in return - Applications Support FDM Group Employee Review

1.0
Jun 5, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- You get a job. In this recession that's at least something - When you're placed you do form a social bond with other FDMers working in the same office as you

Cons

- You will NEVER get paid anywhere near as much as a normal IT contractor who does the same work as you (probably around 60% of what they earn at MOST) - Senior management and legal team take contract questions as threats and bully you into accepting their terms - You don't get paid whilst training, and the training itself is pretty substandard - You're forced to work for them for 2 years with the threat of legal action if you want to quit early - I've met my accounts manager 6 times now and the person still doesn't know my name

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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