FDM Group reviews

3.1

52% would recommend to a friend

(3,956 total reviews)
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Rod Flavell

55% approve of CEO

34% positive business outlook

FDM Group has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 3,956 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The FDM Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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5.0
Jan 19, 2017

Astonishing experience!

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Pros

Overall, fdm is a pretty fantastic place to work at! First let me start with the training. The dress code is business professional, and a strict 9-5:30, and of course it's always best to show 15 minutes early. It may sounds strict, but they're helping you building good habits, and prepping you for the professional world, especially coming from a relaxed college environment. Next up is the actual training. FDM has a few different streams depending on the role they hire you for, however I'm only familiar with their java stream. To start, the training is rigorous at first until you get used to it. Fdm teaches you SQL, Unix, Object oriented design, Java, Spring, JUnit, and much more. Up next, the actual trainers. The best way I can describe the trainers are, they're actual people that care about your growth and well being. Not once did I ever feel like trainers were "just doing their job".. no, they went above and beyond (in my experience as well as other friends that trained there too). Now, once you've completed your training you move on to "life on site". Typically the account owner for where you are working will email you your start date, time, and location of the actual office you're supposed to be in, as well as your line manager. So far in my time on site I've never felt like I was under qualified for the work thanks to the training that was provided. Also FDM has a consultant support group that checks up on you every so often to see how things are progressing. Other pros include: - accommodation durning training (basically don't have to pay rent for 3 months) - build professional relationships. - relocation bonus at time of placement (when training is finished) - Getting to work for clients that would require much more than a college degree (3-5 years experience) - $12 / hr training pay (37.5 hrs) per week

Cons

- Having to relocate about a week before you hear you're hired. - The pay being a little higher wouldn't hurt.

2.0
Jan 19, 2017

FDM Training and Sign-Off Period

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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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