Poor pay, Average training, Good support, Excellent opportunities. - Business Consultant FDM Group Employee Review

4.0
May 14, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Blue chip clients. The people. International opportunities. Helpful staff. Ex forces and women in IT initiatives are commendable. Mentoring programme is good. Solid support network.

Cons

Poor pay. You are the product. Getting placed can largely be down to luck. Training is interesting however in later weeks becomes mundane and revolves around mesmerising and cramming information. Minimal knowledge retention. No pension & no holiday pay No choice where you go - however you know this in advance. No guarantee of a placement. However if you're proactive and not brain dead you will get one eventually. Women in IT initiative is good, however there needs to be a clear meritocratic nature to selection and placement rather than a female favouritism.

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FDM Group Response
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Jonathan Young, CIO: We’re glad to hear that your experience so far with FDM has been strongly positive, and we greatly value constructive feedback. If you’d like to elaborate or provide further suggestions on any of the points above, we encourage you to contact us at Human.Resources@fdmgroup.com. Or me directly at jonathan.young@fdmgroup.com. I would appreciate the opportunity to speak to you about how we could do better. Jonathan Young, CIO

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