FDM Group reviews

3.1

53% would recommend to a friend

(3,949 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 3,949 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 Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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5.0
Jul 26, 2018

Excellent if you are willing to travel

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Pros

Exposure to a huge variety of clients, market experience, and really helpful in making a career into IT

Cons

For those who aren't flexible to travel, it can be really difficult.

1.0
May 12, 2018

Do not join this company and avoid at all costs

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Pros

Despite the many downfalls of FDM, there are a few pros in that if you're lucky, and ONLY IF you're lucky, you can get in with some of their biggest clients. Such as the likes of Virgin, Sky, DoE etc - however there is no guarantee you will get in which they fail to mention this to you from the outset.

Cons

- They DO NOT care about you regardless of what they may tell you and the sickening bravado they put on. Ultimately all they care about is making money irrespective of their consultants - You are bound by a 2 year contract to make up for the £20,000 "training" fees. It's highly unlikely that the training amounts to such a massive fee and I would urge anyone who finds themselves in a position where they have to leave before their contract is finished to please seek the advice of an employment lawyer if you are able. - Having to be geographically flexible, they can ship you off anywhere nation wide and you're bound by that, irrespective of your situation - no leniency from management and account managers and you get no say whatsoever. You're simply told "well you signed a contract so deal with it" - London wage should be more than that it is as it is not a liveable wage and should not be the same as someone placed in Leeds as the cost of living is incomparable - There is absolutely NO guarantee that you will be placed in a company after your training and during your sign off period. They do not tell you this when you sign up and join but you may not even get placed and waste 90 days coming into the office, UNPAID for nothing. They pitch it as if you will definitely get placed but this is simply not the case. - Training is unpaid, so that's anywhere between 10-18 weeks unpaid during your training depending on the length of the course, and 90 days after you complete your training that you also do not get paid

1.0
Feb 8, 2018

Payment

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Pros

Good for ex-forces to jump onto a technology platform without having any experience

Cons

I had to leave the company due to financial reasons which I won’t get into. And my placement fully understood this but FDM could not they refused to pay me my wage that I was owed that month which made me miss out on a direct debit. This all came without giving me any warning. Ex forces trainers at the academy are spot on but some of the other managers are useless. Not helpful and turn up to work smelling of drink because they have been with other clients. Which is 100% unprofessional.

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FDM Group Response
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I’m pleased that you recognise the opportunity and that you rate the ex-Forces Trainers highly, but I’m sorry to hear the rest of your feedback. FDM invests a significant amount of resources into launching careers and is committed to the success of our people. The commitment from consultants to FDM is to remain with us for two years, which is reiterated during the recruitment process. We have thousands of consultants working for us worldwide and so of course, we understand that circumstances beyond a person’s control happen. On these occasions we take a very collaborative approach between the consultant and client and so your comment that you received no communication sounds very odd. It also concerns me that you feel a recruiter lied to you. We are as transparent as possible throughout the process so if you feel anyone has lied to you, please contact me directly so that I can investigate. I would also welcome the opportunity to discuss your feedback further so that I can personally address any issues in regards to your wages: stewart.sharman@fdmgroup.com
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