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Exit fees Ep 18 / First exit fees firm falls! QA scraps graduate repayment policy

Exit fees Ep 18 / First exit fees firm falls! QA scraps graduate repayment policy

by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 30, 2022 | diversity, exit fees, Graduate schemes, Money, social mobility

COMPANY HAS ‘LISTENED’ – BUT REFUSES TO APOLOGISE TO GRADUATES AFFECTED * Update, 15 May 2022: We’re in the Sunday Times! Graduates hit by stinging ‘exit fees’ from recruiters (Don’t subscribe? Click here) * One of the UK’s biggest recruitment and training...
Exit fees Ep17: Channel 4 dumps Sparta after revelations All4 was built by trapped graduates

Exit fees Ep17: Channel 4 dumps Sparta after revelations All4 was built by trapped graduates

by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 17, 2022 | diversity, exit fees, Graduate schemes, Money, social mobility

COMPANY’S CONDUCT ‘NOT LINE WITH OUR PRINCIPLES AND VALUES’ * Update, 15 May 2022: We’re in the Sunday Times! Graduates hit by stinging ‘exit fees’ from recruiters (Don’t subscribe? Click here) * Rejoice! Channel 4 has ended its relationship...
Exit fees Ep16: Will FDM charge Ukrainian refugees £15,000 if they quit?!

Exit fees Ep16: Will FDM charge Ukrainian refugees £15,000 if they quit?!

by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 15, 2022 | diversity, exit fees, Graduate schemes, Immigration, social mobility

ALARM BELLS SOUND AS FIRM PROMISES JOBS TO WORKERS FLEEING WAR Fears have been raised for vulnerable Ukrainian refugees arriving in the UK, as one of 40 big firms offering jobs to those fleeing the war is revealed to be FDM Group. The IT outsourcing firm – worth...
Exit fees Ep15: Social Mobility Foundation urged to ban FDM from ‘best employers’ list for 2022

Exit fees Ep15: Social Mobility Foundation urged to ban FDM from ‘best employers’ list for 2022

by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 9, 2022 | diversity, exit fees, Graduate schemes, social mobility, Uncategorized

SMF MUST CORRECT LAST YEAR’S ‘TERRIBLE MISTAKE’  The Social Mobility Foundation has been urged to ban FDM Group and Sparta Global from their prestigious Employer Index for 2022. The request follows outcry over the firms’ inclusion in the 2021...
Exit fees Ep13: There are SIXTY Kubrick graduates trapped at AstraZeneca?!

Exit fees Ep13: There are SIXTY Kubrick graduates trapped at AstraZeneca?!

by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 28, 2022 | diversity, exit fees, Graduate schemes, Mental health, social mobility

PHARMA GIANT DUCKS QUESTIONS ABOUT CONTROVERSIAL SUPPLIER Pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca has blanked our questions about its connections with Kubrick Group, the IT outsourcing firm that charges graduates up to £19,800 if they leave in less than two years. Multiple...
Exit fees Ep12 / Christie’s: Auction house dumps Sparta Global over exit fees

Exit fees Ep12 / Christie’s: Auction house dumps Sparta Global over exit fees

by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 24, 2022 | diversity, exit fees, Graduate schemes, social mobility

WE WANT OUR LOGO REMOVED FROM THEIR WEBSITE, ADDS SPOKESPERSON Well, isn’t life funny? One of the world’s oldest auction houses has stepped up as a pioneer in the battle to end the nightmare of graduate exit fees. When we saw the Christie’s logo on...
Exit fees/ Ep11: Ouch! DWP grilled over FDM graduates ‘trapped’ in government department

Exit fees/ Ep11: Ouch! DWP grilled over FDM graduates ‘trapped’ in government department

by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 22, 2022 | diversity, exit fees, Graduate schemes, social mobility

DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS SPOKESPERSON SQUIRMS UNDER SPOTLIGHT * Update, 15 May 2022: We’re in the Sunday Times! Graduates hit by stinging ‘exit fees’ from recruiters (Don’t subscribe? Click here) * The Department for Work and Pensions has refused to...
Exit fees / Ep:10 Virgin Media O2: We’ll speak to FDM about exit fees

Exit fees / Ep:10 Virgin Media O2: We’ll speak to FDM about exit fees

by Tanya de Grunwald | Feb 21, 2022 | diversity, exit fees, Graduate schemes, social mobility

AND MOBILE PHONE NETWORK THREE SAYS RELATIONSHIP WITH SPARTA GLOBAL HAS ‘ENDED’ Are clients of the big ‘exit fees’ firms about to abandon them? Virgin Media O2 and Three have just announced they are moving to distance themselves from FDM Group...
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...
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