FDM Group reviews

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.

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.