PMO Stream - Manchester - Disappointed with what was offered and office culture - PMO Analyst - Trainee FDM Group Employee Review

1.0
Aug 10, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Offers a back door into blue chip companies should you lack in any area of their applications process. - Entry level roles allow for progress within these companies. - Easy to get into

Cons

- Training is basic to say the least classroom based with trainers who don't really understand the role. - £20,000 debt is what you end up with from the training if u leave at any time before the end of two years, that is only just off the price of university fees. - If you don't get a placement then you have to still attend your nearest academy and they still don't pay you. This means that if you pay travel costs and don't get placed for 3 months after you have completed training then you still have to pay to get there which for me would have cost a further £900 on top of the initial £900 to cover the training itself. - when you get placed you have to sort out your own living costs. - No guarantee of a job after training. - No security with the job. - No loyalty to trainees. Considering that people are there products the treatment of staff is awful and the seem to have no empathy for people.

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Cons

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Cons

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