Brilliantly good and bad at the same time - Business Consultant FDM Group Employee Review

4.0
Jan 15, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Easily the best thing about FDM is the placement opportunities. All of my group got great placements in top, top companies. In a couple of years we'll not only be earning big salaries but, more-so, the exposure and "thrown in the deep end" aspects to being a consultant enable graduates to actually receive excellent experience. The sky really is the limit; when you get into the driving seat in a placement you've gotta forget the tight-pocketed FDM salary and instead focus on getting every inch of experience/exposure you can. The training is very good, the trainers are supportive and always willing to help. They are the only full time staff that seem to care about the graduates that come through.

Cons

FDM cares about making money off you. A lot. And that's pretty much all they care about. If you don't get placed before your training ends you have to come into the office to do "up-skilling". I.e. Be bored out of your mind in an extremely negative and downbeat environment. In this situation you have to keep your head up and at the end of the day you'll get there, it just takes time.

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FDM Group Response
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Thank you for your feedback. I’m glad to hear that you rate the training highly, got a great placement and that you are enjoying the experience. I’m sorry to hear that you don’t believe the account managers care about you. All our employees are important to us and I would welcome the opportunity to discuss how we can change this perception with you. Please come by my office or email me at andy.brown@fdmgroup.com so that we can discuss this further. Andy Brown – Group Commercial Director

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It is a job that pays.

Cons

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