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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 Informatique industry (3.9 stars).

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      4K reviews
      1.0
      Jul 14, 2018

      If you are a graduate Just don't bother with FDM Group. Better companies are out there.

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      I met some great people while training, Learned a few things (all of which of course in now useless to me) and you can leave within the first 2 weeks without getting charged £20,000 if you are no longer interested, but for me that was the only good things about "working" there.

      Cons

      Oh where to start... There's so many things wrong with this company. Firstly your graduate scheme shouldn't even be called that. Its more like Job training if anything. Why bother holding an assessment day with interviews when you are going to train graduates how to do interviews and CVs in the first week anyway? The first week is pointless and pretty much a waste of your time. Some staff are really rude to the students and even in my own experience got picked on and got told I would never get a job based on my interview performance (In an extremely rude tone). But then you think if my interview performance was so bad, why accept me in the first place??( you do a phone interview and then 3 interviews and the assessment day) No salary at all during the training period other than for travel expenses up to a certain amount. Now knowing this beforehand was good (as I was able to support myself for the given training period with the aid of my parents) but for anyone else who couldn't, it wouldn't be great now would it? Especially for a student who just graduated and has a student loan to pay back! Finally, they have the ability to throw you out whenever they feel like if they feel that you are "not up to their standard". This is of course after providing very little support in whatever it is you are having trouble with, even if its something like not being able to answer one question in a mock interview... This is something I found extremely shocking especially for a company like this that promotes itself the way it does. Of course this was my experience and was asked to leave soon after despite doing well in everything else... Seriously, who does that? So if you are a graduate looking for a good job with a decent company (that actually pays you a salary), I would strongly advise that you to stay away from FDM Group. There are much better companies out there that will treat you a lot better than the some of the employees (especially the account managers) of FDM group.

      2.0
      May 31, 2018

      When it works it's great, but if you don't get placed after signing-off then it's frustrating

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      Great coworkers Good trainers for the most part Great networking opportunities Access to entry level jobs at blue chip companies Good benefits You can leave FDM without penalty if you don't get placed in 90 days after signing-off

      Cons

      Minimum wage during training, low pay for the first two years Accommodations for trainees outside the NYC area are not great Despite FDM saying that a technical background isn't necessary, it is highly recommended you have a finance/business/math/stats background I was in the BI Stream at the NY Academy located at Wall Street which lasted for around 10 weeks. The stream itself was not up to my expectation overall. Much of the course material was learned through self-studying and it was incredibly tedious. I didn't learn much after the Excel, SQL, and finance modules. The technologies that are taught during the training also don't seem to align with what clients want, for example many clients wanted trainees to have Tableau experience but that was not taught during the stream. There's no guarantee that you will be placed by the end of your training. In terms of the number of interview opportunities you get, it really depends on the market as client demand does seem to be seasonal. I only got 3 interviews total before I signed-off and some of my colleagues only had one interview, which is way lower than what is the average. The interviews you get may not be relevant whatsoever to your current stream, for example if you were training in the BI/Data Analyst stream, you might get interviews for a project manager or application support role. If you do not get placed after signing-off, FDM will fly you back. You will still get interview opportunities supposedly but it is inconvenient for both parties. You definitely want to get placed before you sign off if you don't live in the area.

      1.0
      Dec 20, 2017

      Worst company I have ever worked for

      Consultant
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      Pros

      Your not unemployed Many companies we got placed with were so unimpressed by FDM and the support they provided to grads they tended to sympathise with us and motivated us to leave FDM

      Cons

      The process is so draining no pay till you get on site and your not even guaranteed a role in your stream. I came in on one stream and got placed as a business analyst because the account manager literally lied to a bunch of us just to get us on site HR was non-existent. No career progression. Not worth it, regret the whole experience. everyone I know left as soon as they finished their second year and we all were all so relieved to get out.

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      FDM Group Response
      8y
      I’m very sorry to hear that you didn’t enjoy your experience with FDM and especially that you didn’t feel supported throughout your journey. We have several initiatives set up to support our people including consultant peer support, mentoring, relationship managers and access to a large library of online training resources, as well as HR . Clearly, the support available wasn’t something you were aware of and this is something I want to investigate further. With regards to the role you were placed in, during the training you receive at the academy you will be taught to have a broad skill set and equipped with many transferable skills. We want to provide as many options to our people as possible and so when an opportunity arises that they may be suitable for, they will be given that chance to interview with the client. Honesty and transparency is something we value highly and I am very concerned that you feel you’ve been lied to. I appreciate that you have now left FDM but there are many points you raise in your review that I would like the opportunity to discuss in more detail with you. If you are happy to have this discussion with me please email me at andy.brown@fdmgroup.com
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