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      FDM Group

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      FDM Group reviews

      3.1

      53% would recommend to a friend

      (3,948 total reviews)
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      Rod Flavell

      55% approve of CEO

      34% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      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 3,948 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 Informatique industry (3.9 stars).

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      4K reviews
      1.0
      Mar 10, 2017

      Avoid If Possible

      Graduate trainee
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      Pros

      There are a only a few benefits to working with FDM, the training they provide isn't that bad, and you are provided with many opportunities for placements with large companies, getting you that much needed experience needed in today's job market!

      Cons

      With the pro's in mind, it's very very important to consider the various downsides to working at FDM, these include: - The Training is completely unpaid, and the work is full time, making it very difficult to find the time to work a part time job to make any form of money during your training. -Furthermore, you are forced to become "geographically flexible", you could be asked to relocate from Glasgow to London for example at short notice, and FDM will either offer you a week in a hotel, or two weeks of your rent. This is subpar considering the high costs of living somewhere like London, having likely just graduated from University and being working unpaid for 3-6 months, it's not very likely anyone has the money lying around to be able to fund this move without support from family or some other source. - On top of this, the salary is incredibly poor, you'll barely be paid graduate level salary, and this doesn't change depending on where you are placed, no matter how much higher the cost of living may end up being. - You have absolutely no choice as to where you end up placed, you'll be given an interview, most of the time at short notice, then you'll have to attend these interviews despite knowing very little as to what the job entails, as with in my case, the job I was told about, and the job I interviewed for could not be more difficult.

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      FDM Group Response
      9y
      I’m sorry to hear that you are not enjoying your time with FDM. We are as transparent as possible in regards to our business model, which as you know is based on a training period (fully funded by FDM) followed by placements throughout the UK for a minimum of two years. Being geographically flexible is part of the agreement and we appreciate that the terms may not suit everyone, which is why there is a ‘cooling off ’ period where anyone can drop out in the first two weeks. We do try to accommodate preferences for placement where possible and, we like to encourage our consultants to join the clients as a permanent employee after the two year bond with FDM. So placing people somewhere which is not their preferred geographic location is not something FDM likes to do. That said, placement locations vary depending on client demand and therefore geographical flexibility is a requirement (which we reiterate throughout the recruitment process). If you wish to discuss anything further, please email me at Jonathan.Young@fdmgroup.com Jonathan Young - CIO
      1.0
      Dec 2, 2016

      Project Support Office

      Project analyst
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      Pros

      1. Get to meet and network with plenty of talented, interesting graduates and Former members of the armed forces. 2. The company give you access to Pluralsight - a truly fantastic online tech and creative library.

      Cons

      1. Account Managers (who are supposed to help you find a suitable role and help you prepare for interviews) are terrible when it comes to communicating with trainees. They do not respond to emails and hardly ever return calls. (There are a few exceptions - though not many) 2. Training is of extremely bad quality. Trainers often simply read off PowerPoint presentations that were made years ago and (on many occasions) are not subject matter experts. You have to rely on putting in vast amounts of extra hours yourself and requesting help from others in your group if you are to pass the exams. (One trainer got so stuck when teaching our group the Excel functions MAXIFS and MINIFS, that he became a laughing stock among our group - when another, more capable trainee had to help him out. And you are expected to (potentially) pay back £20,000 FOR THIS???? ) 3. Even if there are very little opportunities available for you, you will be forced to stay with the company for a further 3 months after your training has finished (whilst they 'try' to find a placement for you). You will be threatened with a £20,000 fine if you wish to leave before this time. 4. When you have finished your training, you are forced to come into the office on a regular, weekly basis. Even if there are no opportunities suitable for your skills and experiences and account managers do not respond to your emails and calls. 5. Although the company pay for your travel expenses, this is capped at £20 a day. If your travel costs are more than this, you will have to fund this yourself. To make matters worse, you will NOT be receiving a salary during this period.

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      FDM Group Response
      9y
      I’m glad to hear that you enjoyed working with your colleagues and networking, however, I’m sorry to hear that you did not enjoy your overall experience. Our people are the most important part of FDM and we definitely do care about our employees. We invest a significant amount of resources (financial and non-financial) into helping graduates launch their careers. The training is fully funded by FDM and like any business it needs to recoup its investment, which is why the two-year bond is in place. It is not in our interest for consultants not to be placed, because that is the essence of our business model and the way we recoup our investment. If you feel that anyone has treated you unfairly, please come see me or email andy.brown@fdmgroup.com so that I can personally look into this. Andy Brown – Group Commercial Director
      5.0
      Feb 17, 2016

      "Consultant"

      It consultant
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Great people and training. Management works hard to set you up for life.

      Cons

      During the training process if you live in the area is hard due to the minimum wage pay for those 3-4 months. If you live far away they put you up in a hotel which is nice.

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