Pros
- Will accept anyone regardless of experience - Really don't have any other pros so hopefully this fills the 20 word minimum!
Cons
- Been here over a year and can only say things have gotten worse - Trainers are absent from classes and no reason/substitute is provided - The training academy is run like a primary school - do not be fooled by the introduction day and academy tour. - You will be sold a load of bull about Account Managers/HR taking your personal requests into account when it comes to placing you - this is a lie. You will be forced to accept roles that have nothing to do with what you trained in and nor will Account Managers consider your location requests when it comes to placing you so long as there's money to be made. - If the incompetency of the Trainers doesn't make your day bad enough, enter the Account Managers - you can send an email highlighting all your assets and state you're looking for work and 95% of the time they won't even reply, the other 5% is usually a one word answer. - Account Managers DO NOT listen to your opinion. You WILL be expected to take any role they offer you or you are deemed to be in breach of contract and liable to pay back the £20,000 fees. - Another term in the fabled contract is that you will have to do any work FDM sees fit which means you may train to be a PMO or Business Analyst then asked to do an admin role which you cannot turn down or they threaten you with the fees. - HR staff are like a broken record - if you have a problem that requires human reasoning they just refer you to the contract and say you can't break any rules. - You will get a disciplinary for anything - a guy was recently fired for calling an Account Manager 'dude' and others have had similarly stupid disciplinary meetings which have led to dismissals (this does go on your record and new employers will find out about this after FDM so be very careful). - When not on placement you will be made to sit in your local academy, regardless of how far away that is and regardless of the fact you may have relocated for a role - you are still expected to instantly return to your local academy on a reduced salary and pay for your own expenses to get there and back (extremely backwards rules but that is what they make you sign up for). - Little to no support when on client site - you can email HR questions but you often get one line answers and FDM sell you the ideal of periodical reviews and a mentor but these never came to fruition for most people I know, including myself.
