FDM Group Graduate Programmer Project Support reviews

2.7

28% would recommend to a friend

(26 total reviews)
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Rod Flavell

33% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

Graduate Programmer Project Support employees have rated FDM Group with 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 26 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Graduate Programmer Project Support professionals have an average working experience there. FDM Group is rated 30% below average by Graduate Programmer Project Support professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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26 reviews
1.0
Mar 10, 2017

Avoid If Possible

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Pros

There are a only a few benefits to working with FDM, the training they provide isn't that bad, and you are provided with many opportunities for placements with large companies, getting you that much needed experience needed in today's job market!

Cons

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.

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FDM Group Response
9y
I’m sorry to hear that you are not enjoying your time with FDM. We are as transparent as possible in regards to our business model, which as you know is based on a training period (fully funded by FDM) followed by placements throughout the UK for a minimum of two years. Being geographically flexible is part of the agreement and we appreciate that the terms may not suit everyone, which is why there is a ‘cooling off ’ period where anyone can drop out in the first two weeks. We do try to accommodate preferences for placement where possible and, we like to encourage our consultants to join the clients as a permanent employee after the two year bond with FDM. So placing people somewhere which is not their preferred geographic location is not something FDM likes to do. That said, placement locations vary depending on client demand and therefore geographical flexibility is a requirement (which we reiterate throughout the recruitment process). If you wish to discuss anything further, please email me at Jonathan.Young@fdmgroup.com Jonathan Young - CIO
1.0
Mar 5, 2017
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Pros

Working here can potentially provide you with opportunities and get you in the door for sectors you wouldn't be able to get into yourself Access to a lot of information and learning material

Cons

My main frustration with this company comes from the account managers, the people in charge of placing you after you have finished training. I have found a few of them (not all) to be rude and unprofessional and I think this culture is something management really need to do something about. Upon finishing training I've found there is a very harmful trend of placement interviews and opportunities all going to the same people. There are trainees in the company who have finished their training, been with the company for 3 months and have not yet had a single interview while others I have seen others get 5/6 interviews within a few weeks. When I took this up with the management, I was told they are aware but speaking with the account managers it is clear to me this is not the case. Communication between account managers and trainees is very very poor.

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FDM Group Response
9y
We take all feedback seriously and I’m sorry to hear that you did not enjoy your interaction with the account management team. Our people are the most important part of FDM and if you feel that anyone treated you unfairly, please email andy.brown@fdmgroup.com so that I can personally look into this.
1.0
Jul 2, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Some good work experience opportunities

Cons

-Long training period and unpaid -excessive work load - supervisors take credit for all your hard work - minimum wage

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FDM Group Response
9y
Jonathan Young, CIO: "Thank you for taking the time to post a review. If there is anything you would like to discuss further, please email me at jonathan.young@fdmgroup.com"
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