FDM Training and Sign-Off Period - Anonymous employee FDM Group Employee Review

2.0
19 Jan 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You can get a placement with a really good company

Cons

Training is unpaid. The majority of the trainees are forced to wait 2-3 months after their sign-off date, which in some cases adds up to 6 months. It is cruel that they make you attend the academy full-time for so long(furthermore, the last three month you have nothing to do) without being paid and when you ask if you can get a part-time job they tell you that you have signed a contract.

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FDM Group Response
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I’m sorry to hear that you are not enjoying your time with FDM. We don’t make any money from having trainees in-house and therefore as a business it is in our interest to place everyone as soon as possible, and some are even placed before they complete the training so that they can go straight on to their placement. However, some people take a little longer to secure a placement. Your feedback is important to us and I would welcome the opportunity to discuss this further with you. Please come and see me or email Jonathan.Young@fdmgroup.com . In the meantime, if you are in the Academy waiting for a placement can I suggest that you take advantage of the further training and coaching that is available – including classroom based training, pluralsight and so on. Jonathan Young - CIO

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