A great starting point for my career - IT Consultant FDM Group Employee Review

4.0
15 Feb 2013
Recommend
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Pros

FDM's clients are big names and do wonders for a CV You get exposed to some pretty wide scale technologies learned so much in my six months on site compared to a friend did working for a smaller company. Good graduate pay for most places in England You make a lot of great contacts and meet a lot of great people.

Cons

Unpaid training period is one, especially if you don't get signed off right away. FDM market themselves as a clear cut solution, once you join that's it your certain to get a job. This is not the case. You still have to work hard and you are still competing against other trainees for jobs. Do not expect everything to be handed to you on a silver platter. Requirement to be flexible in location (Could be a pro if you like to travel) First year pay is not that great when you compare it to graduate rates in London

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5.0
29 Sept 2025
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Pros

Will get opportunities to work with financial clients,

Cons

But only as a contractor.

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1.0
13 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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