I do love working for FDM, but to be fair I need to list the cons as well. I am an internal employee and did not go through the training programme, so I cannot speak for the trainee experience. But from my experience here are the cons:
- Guaranteed pay amount. This one was a pro, as well. The reason is the pay is the same no matter what company you are contracted to, so it can be more or less than what others around you on site are making. This point isn't really good or bad, but something to consider from both ends.
- 2 year contract - again, not exactly a negative, but something to be aware of. 2 years sounds scary, but getting a job in your career field for two years isn't bad, and once the two years are up you can do whatever you'd like. The training isn't like regular job training; it's essentially a concentrated, super intensive, educational program for comp-sci. So instead of paying tuition, which you would normally have to pay for that level of education, they ask for your time as a contractor.
Those are really the only cons I can think of. And again, those aren't really cons, just definitely things to consider while applying. FDM does a really great job at helping people enter coding fields who wouldn't normally have that chance.
If you're looking at FDM and have a strong IT background and can find a job on your own, then definitely look at those points before applying. Internally, as an employee, I cannot think of anything, even caveats, to write.
