Working Talent Reviews

The traineeship bootcamp is fairly useless if you have the slightest background in IT. They love mentioning big partners, but in the end you will likely join a small-medium sized company. If you hold them accountable, you are allowed to leave for better opportunities, but be prepared to pay a 7500 euro fine. There is no negotiation possible, and if you try to have your new employer pay the costs, they will make your life as difficult as possible. The traineeship program suggests you can experience and choose between several IT fields, but from day 1 you are asked to exclusively follow through with one of them, likely based on your educational background. They were unable to find a suitable employer according to their own schedule for more than half of the starting group, where some started 5 months after the initially expected date (it was 4 months for me).

Though I did receive the raises and bonuses that I would have received if I was working internally at my company, the starting salary is (unsuprisingly) lower by starting with a secondment agency.