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Exit fees Ep19: You’re free to go! Now SPARTA axes graduate ‘exit fees’

Exit fees Ep19: You’re free to go! Now SPARTA axes graduate ‘exit fees’

by Tanya de Grunwald | May 11, 2022 | Employers and recruitment, exit fees, Money

‘RELIEF’ AMONG GRADUATES RELEASED FROM THEIR JOBS – THANKS TO OUR CAMPAIGN * Update, 15 May 2022: We’re in the Sunday Times! Graduates hit by stinging ‘exit fees’ from recruiters (Don’t subscribe? Click here) * Sparta Global has announced that...
Exit fees campaign/ Ep9: ‘I want my £14k back’ says Kubrick graduate who paid up to get out

Exit fees campaign/ Ep9: ‘I want my £14k back’ says Kubrick graduate who paid up to get out

by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 15, 2021 | diversity, Employers and recruitment, exit fees, Graduate schemes, Money, social mobility

‘I FELT RUSHED WHEN I SIGNED THE CONTRACT, AND WAS DEPRESSED BY THE TIME I LEFT’ A graduate who paid £14,520 in ‘exit fees’ in order to escape a job he realised was a mistake has written to his former employer asking for his money back. He...
Exit fees campaign / Ep8: ‘I’m at HSBC’ says graduate behind exit fees petition

Exit fees campaign / Ep8: ‘I’m at HSBC’ says graduate behind exit fees petition

by Tanya de Grunwald | Dec 8, 2021 | diversity, Employers and recruitment, exit fees, Graduate schemes, social mobility

‘OVER 100 OF US ARE HERE – AND WE’RE NOT FREE TO LEAVE’ The graduate who started a petition against ‘exit fees’ that has attracted more than 6,000 signatures is currently ‘trapped’ on a placement at HSBC that he is...
Exit fees campaign / Ep7: Graduates fight back! Nearly 6,000 sign petition against exit fees

Exit fees campaign / Ep7: Graduates fight back! Nearly 6,000 sign petition against exit fees

by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 30, 2021 | diversity, Employers and recruitment, Employment rights, exit fees, Graduate Fog, Money, social mobility

ANONYMOUS AUTHOR IS FDM GRAD NOW WORKING AT ‘ONE OF THE UK’S BIGGEST BANKS’ A petition against ‘exit fees’ – started by an anonymous graduate currently trapped on FDM Group’s graduate programme, who says he can’t leave...
Exit fees campaign / Ep5: Big brands poised to dump FDM and other ‘exit fees’ firms

Exit fees campaign / Ep5: Big brands poised to dump FDM and other ‘exit fees’ firms

by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 17, 2021 | Employers and recruitment, exit fees, graduate debt

FIRMS ‘HORRIFIED’ BY DEMAND FOR ONE GRADUATE TO PAY £16,000 IN 14 DAYS Big brands that have been clients of FDM Group – and the other IT outsourcing firms that have been charging their graduates huge ‘exit fees’ if they quit in less than...
Exit fees campaign / Ep3: Thank you, Severn Trent!

Exit fees campaign / Ep3: Thank you, Severn Trent!

by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 9, 2021 | diversity, Employers and recruitment, exit fees, Good + Fair Employers Club, Graduate Fog, social mobility

‘GRADUATES SHOULDN’T HAVE TO PAY TO LEAVE A ROLE THEY’RE UNHAPPY IN’ SAYS WATER COMPANY Our campaign to #StopExitFeesByXmas is working – we have our first supporter! Last week, we blew open the scandal of the firms that have been charging...
Exit fees campaign / Ep2: Calling the clients

Exit fees campaign / Ep2: Calling the clients

by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 4, 2021 | diversity, Employers and recruitment, exit fees, social mobility

WE ASK THE BRANDS THAT USE EXIT FEES FIRMS TO DROP THEM BY CHRISTMAS The customer holds the power, as well as the purse strings. If we really want to draw attention to the firms that have created misery for thousands of graduates by charging huge ‘exit...
Let’s #StopExitFeesByXmas! Our new campaign launches

Let’s #StopExitFeesByXmas! Our new campaign launches

by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 1, 2021 | diversity, Employers and recruitment, Employment rights, exit fees, Graduate schemes, social mobility

  JOIN US TO RAISE AWARENESS AND CALL OUT BAD EMPLOYERS Are you a graduate stuck on a programme you can’t leave without paying thousands of pounds to your employer, supposedly to cover the cost of your (crummy) training? Or if you took the risk and quit,...
Exit fees: FDM dumped by conference organisers?

Exit fees: FDM dumped by conference organisers?

by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 19, 2021 | Employers and recruitment, exit fees, Graduate schemes

FDM REP VANISHES FROM BOARD ROLE AFTER OUTCRY OVER EXIT FEES  Is the tide finally turning against FDM Group? A senior representative from the controversial IT outsourcing firm has mysteriously disappeared from the Institute of Student Employers’ board of...
Trapped by ‘exit fees’ at FDM: A graduate’s story

Trapped by ‘exit fees’ at FDM: A graduate’s story

by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 29, 2021 | Employers and recruitment, Employment rights, exit fees, Graduate schemes, social mobility

NOW FACING A £15,000 BILL IF HE QUITS, SAM* EXPLAINS WHY HE DIDN’T ASK MORE QUESTIONS WHEN SIGNING HIS CONTRACT  (*Not his real name, to protect his identity) Last week, we asked why the IT outsourcing firm FDM Group has been given a platform to speak at the...
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