Pros
It MIGHT help you get your foot through the door
Cons
FDM do not appreciate you as an employee, to them you will always be a “money making machine” they give you 17 days annual leave (as they force you to take 3 days off during Christmas whilst the office is closed). They make £250.00-£500.00 per day from you whilst you’re getting a day rate of £13.00 You need to work 40 hours per week Once you’re on site, the account managers DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOU. I was doing admin for 6 months, very task based and was learning nothing at all. I spoke with my account managers and they tried to insult me by saying it was project work - I felt depressed, anxious and stuck that I was going to do this for 2 years and have no prospects by the time I reached 28 years old with no progression. As I’m quite a peoples person I spoke to everyone at the client site and thankfully I was liked by the head and moved to a BA role. I’d like to stress that I got where I was because of ME and not FDM or the account managers. The training is awful and borderline illegal. 845am -530pm UNPAID - you cannot leave a minute earlier (Leeds office). I felt like a was a school child. If you are beached after the training you are still unpaid until after 3 months where you can “leave” Terrible terrible terrible company - they take advantage of students who are vulnerable and limited as they may have only got a 2.2 in university (which is still amazing). Do not work here unless you can fight your way up.