First Derivatives Reviews

Pros

Benefits Culture Exposure to clients Growth Working hours Salary is competitive

Cons

Future uncertainty Have projects around the world which can be good or bad depending on your preferences Life is quite unstable when waiting for a project N/A N/A

Pros

Good grad package with an opportunity to work with an excellent portfolio of clients International experience Fast growing company

Cons

Lack of support on client site due to company growth

Advice to Management

Continous communication should be a priorty

Pros

Can't think of any, unless you like to be left completely to your own devices with no intereaction.

Cons

Where to start! This is not a consulting firm but rather an agency/recruitment firm. FD dump you into the first project they can find, regardless if the project suits your skills. From there on out expect minimal to no interaction from FD. You're essentially any other contractor in the client site now. Good luck if you think you have any say on what project you will go onto next! Absolutely no structure or thought... given to your self-development or progression. Which makes it hilarious at the end of year HR meeting when this is asked of you. Very one sided to expect everything from the employee when the employer is not willing to make any effort to begin with. Sick to think of the daily rate (€450) they earn from each consultant being based on client site while paying out in pennies a fraction of this to us!

Advice to Management

Stop treating your staff with the idea that they are about to leave at any moment. Try to focus more on staff retention rather than constant backfilling, why do you think they recruit all year around?! Then start focusing on staff progression and structure. HR appears to be understaffed, there needs to be some staff split between Dublin and not only Newry!

Pros

- Travel opportunities - Generous expenses package - Meet similar people

Cons

- Not much opportunities for advancement - When contracted to certain places you can meet some degree of hostility from those who are not contracted - Gossipy place to work - High turnover

Advice to Management

There's more to life than GAA! Maybe focus more on ways people can progress their career within the company than constantly hiring and shipping off

Pros

Opportunity to work for a big FinTech company anywhere across the globe. Good benefits package - accomodation, expenses, healthcare

Cons

Lack of control over your own career - you could get pulled from client site at any point in time to be put on another project in potentially another country and doing an entirely different role. No transparency in annual review process - HR hadn't a clue what role I was even doing

Pros

Money is decent all things considered with expenses and accommodation.

Cons

Lack of career progression with majority of roles. Doing random roles that banks require. Really just a recruitment agency getting money to throw graduates into roles, regardless of interest or aptitude for the role. Newry. Made up reviews to inflate their glassdoor profile. Shocking contract in which they often claw back pay from employees. Made up training so they can legally take backpay when employees... leave before grad programme ends. 3 month notice period. Just a month at normal companies. Making it pure awkward to leave so that weak graduates remain their for two years.

Advice to Management

The grass is greener on the outside.

Pros

I passed the interview stages which were solidly done and I am excited to start on the ground running

Cons

None so far. Well run HQ and I can't wait to see the bigger location.

Advice to Management

None besides that I hope I like my new CEO! I knew my last CEO from back home. All of us with the same name :)

Pros

Opportunities in different fields of study

Cons

No chance to create new products