Hong Kong IT Consultant - IT Consultant FDM Group Employee Review

4.0
12 June 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Training is fine, trainers do care about trainees, some of the trainers are with brilliant experiences. Relationships between trainees are strong that we share everything to each others, most of the trainees are of the similar age. Half paid during training, which is acceptable that you still get paid while learning; Full paid during placement with client, the salary is relatively competitive in HK, thats why it attracts people like fresh grads or even graduates with 1-2 work exp to join. Placements in HK are decent, mainly banks, the experience is valuable.

Cons

Gaps between account managers and trainers/trainees . I recognise that they are making an improvement by taking consultants' priority/willingness/career path into considerations. But still, poor collaboration between trainers and sales, having conflicts all the time. Trainees are the one in the middle, suffering from their guidances since they are contradictory. When talking with sales, we always feel like we are getting patronised, which is the only reason why so many people avoid talking with them, leading to a poorer relationships. The office in HK is so tiny.

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Pros

Will get opportunities to work with financial clients,

Cons

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Pros

It is a job that pays.

Cons

They will promise you opportunities that don't exist. The company they contract you to will promise you work that you will not be assigned. I was a Java Consultant with a masters degree in Math and certificate in full stack and I was shoved into a manual testing position that required zero coding and constantly dangled automation in front of my face. When I was asked to look at Selenium, I studied it in some of the copious amounts of downtime i had and was reprimanded during the next meeting for 'wasting company time'. I moved from Texas to New Jersey for my first position. After contracts with the company were terminated, I was pulled off my assignment only to be abruptly fired for "lack of geoflexibility" despite willingness to move to several places they do business including NYC and even Denver. There is no accountability from them as the only response they give is "the decision is final". There is no way to appeal a blatant lie. Their company has no integrity and side with business majors over people that know how chemicals and physics and electrical components work just seem like bad life decisions. They will say you can reapply but they won't hire you. They'd full of it at every angle.

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