Easier way into big companies, e.g. investment banks, than their own grad schemes.
They give you training initially which helps develop your technical and professional skills before starting your placement. Good preparation if you haven't had a job in a corporate environment before.
Cons
The pay isn't great compared to permanent employees at the businesses you're placed at. It's less than half of what your peers are earning so it's hard to keep up with their lifestyles.
FDM Group Response
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Thank you for your feedback. I’m pleased that you recognise the opportunities that FDM offers. If you have any additional feedback please don’t hesitate to come by and see me directly or email me at andy.brown@fdmgroup.com
Andy Brown – Chief Commercial Officer
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.