FDM Group reviews

You can be placed literally anywhere in the UK with less than a weeks notice. Company does not care for its employees, just its margins. The pay is not relative to the position you could be placed in and thus, I ended up vastly under paid. After being relocated, I was given 2 weeks to find my own accommodation. As this was not possible, due to demand in the area, I had to fight for an extension to stay in a hotel. You are forced to do time reporting each week, which has to be signed off my a line manager. This just screams lack of trust in employees and is a sheer waste of time. The training and trainers are overall pretty poor unless you already have some expertise, which defeats the purpose of their training programs.

Must be flexible to work anywhere in the UK and be able to commit to this for 2 years no matter what. FDM are not able to comprehend that circumstances can change within that time and will blindly enforce this policy regardless. Sales are incredibly poor at giving interview feedback. If you didn't get the job, don't expect to hear anything from them. Sales have no interest in your career goals or preferences. They just want to get someone into a role as soon as possible so they get their bonus, regardless of whether they're actually a good fit. Salary can be volatile. Not so much an issue in your first two years since the pay is so low anyway, but unexpectedly rolling off a project as a third year and suddenly receiving less than half your previous salary because you're benched is a little unreasonable. I have yet to find another consultancy operating in this way. Sick pay policy is ridiculous during the first 2 years. Slightly better now as there used to be no company sick pay at all during your first two years, but it's still not good enough. Up to £20,000 in training fees can be charged if you leave FDM within 2 years (sales love to remind you of this when pressuring you into a role you're unhappy with). Don't assume they won't chase you. They will, but usually only for a few grand. Seems like it's a small price to pay for some - over a quarter of my training group left within two years anyway.