FDM Group reviews

3.1

52% would recommend to a friend

(3,957 total reviews)
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Rod Flavell

55% approve of CEO

34% positive business outlook

FDM Group has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 3,957 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 Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0
Jan 11, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It is easy to get into, though, considering the practices of the company I doubt this will help many jobless people.

Cons

STAY AWAY from this company. It sells dreams to 'consultants' it employs (that don't ever become realities) and acts as a recruitment agency with the intent of using you for their own profitable gain. The company is easy to get into as they want you to join their training scheme with the ability to blackmail you for the £20,000 cost of it if you decide to leave. You can't leave the company until 2 years of service - with or without them finding any work for you. You can be stuck without a job going into the FDM office (purely to avoid getting fined for the training). You have to wait 90 days to get a job before they let you free - they don't make leaving easy though. Training is substandard and not worth the cost. Get a masters instead, at least then you know there will be standards set and a fair course to join. Not a shady training scheme like this one.

1.0
May 16, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You might get a temp placement with a credible company doing something that you want to do which might add to your resume

Cons

You might train (yourself) for 6-9 months and get no placement - this is not uncommon You might train for 6-9 months and get a temp placement doing something you don't want to do - I repeat you have no control once you are at FDM. THe £20,000 serves to keep you doing exactly what you are told regardless of whether it is in your best interests Some of the placements are a joke - doing crap jobs for crap companies No career advancement Phoney synthetic smiley environment

2.0
Mar 31, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

After two years, depending on where you are placed, you can increase your salary by a lot(If you leave FDM).This is only because they never paid you salary you was supposed to be getting for the 2 years. If you're lucky you are trained in a technology you will actually use when onsite.

Cons

I was trained by former students of the training program who were trained by former students of the training program. So in other words you are trained by people with no formal experience in industry and they charge you £20k for the training. I never felt like a FDM employee once placed on a client site. The only contact I got from the company was a news letter once a month boasting about how great the company is doing. There was no concern of my welfare over the two years placed on the client site. The only revenue stream for FDM is are the employees who are placed on site but FDM doesn't acknowledge the hardwork consultants put in; such as long hours at work with no overtime pay. As an employee of FDM you get NO BENEFITS and NO BONUS. While everyone you work with onsite reap the rewards of the work put in over a year. You are not paid when you take leave, bank holidays or if you are sick.

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