Great for CS graduates struggling to get work - Trainee Consultant FDM Group Employee Review

3.0
31 Oct 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

very helpful for improving interview skills. great for IT field the developer training is good if you already have skills in programming from school but need to do intensive review and/or pick up skills that are glossed over in school. most trainers are helpful when they are available not a hostile environment, somewhat strict but as long as you are professional you will be fine. probably the best part is the placements are with some really good company's and most people end up working with the company they are placed with. fyi most placements will be with a finance company could be a pro or con depending on your interests.

Cons

Pay during training is absolute minimum wage 8.75$ for a 37.5 hour week, no opportunity for anything more but you will be loose hours if you are late. salary is not competitive for developers, you have a base salary and a per day salary so you end up loosing money when you take vacation days. training is useful but might be too fast and too shallow will give you basic skills but not a deep understanding. you don't get to pick what company you work for account managers will ask you to interview with a company, you will have a chance to say you are not interested but ultimately its not your decision so I would not recommend to anyone who is picky about the company they work for or does not work in the finance industry.

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5.0
29 Sept 2025
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Pros

Will get opportunities to work with financial clients,

Cons

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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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