Great for fresh grads with little to no tech experience - Consultant FDM Group Employee Review

3.0
18 Nov 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

1) They provide training depending on Streams you applied for. Project based streams provide Project Management/Support training while Developer streams are programming aligned. 2) You are given a token salary while in-training and get the full sum once you are placed in a position. 3)Takes the trouble out of job seeking and you only have to focus on training and interviews. 4)Total remuneration package is quite attractive for fresh grads.

Cons

1) No bonus. At all. 2)No choice given in placement. Sure they will ask for your preference and try to give you but usually their word is final. 3)Training and salary comes with a caveat of 2 years bond. Break this bond and you'll have to pay out-of-pocket for training fees, which is quite high. 4)For the duration of the 2 years bond, you will not get a raise. After bond is completed, you'd have to fight/argue/weasel your way to get a significant raise. 5)Career progression is tied to FDM and not with company you are placed in. If you don't get a permanent role in your company, back to FDM you go and your salary will drop to that of 1st/2nd year consultant until you get another placement.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
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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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