by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 4, 2022 | diversity, exit fees, Graduate schemes, Money, social mobility
TONE DEAF RESPONSE LEAVES US SPEECHLESS When you approach the press office of a high street brand to raise serious concerns about the conduct of a supplier they are using, you might expect to see a smidge of humility. Was Nationwide’s spokesperson not concerned that...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 11, 2021 | exit fees, Graduate schemes, Mental health, Money, social mobility, Uncategorized
HEAVYWEIGHT CAMPAIGNERS AGREE: GRADUATES SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY TO LEAVE THEIR JOB Two of the UK’s best-known social justice campaigners have said that they support our campaign to Stop Exit Fees By Xmas, expressing anger and alarm that companies such as FDM...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 6, 2021 | Media and journalism, Money, Unpaid internships, Wages
WANT TO TIDY A STRANGER’S HOME OFFICE FOR FREE? NOPE, NEITHER DO WE A BBC Radio 5 Live journalist and broadcaster has shocked graduates by posting an advert for a ‘volunteer’ ‘assistant journalist’ on LinkedIn. The lengthy job description...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 22, 2021 | Employment rights, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Money, Uncategorized, Wages
BUT WHY ARE 21- AND 22-YEAR-OLDS STILL MAKING LESS? From 1 April 2021, employees aged 23 and 24 will jump from earning £7.70 an hour to £8.91 an hour – as the highest age bracket for workers earning the National Minimum Wage is lowered from aged 25 and above to...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jul 20, 2020 | graduate debt, Money, student loan
MONEYSAVINGEXPERT FOUNDER MARTIN LEWIS SAYS THE ‘SCARY’ NUMBER PROBABLY DOESN’T EVEN MATTER – AND YOU SHOULDN’T BE PRESSURED TO REPAY MORE THAN THE MINIMUM EACH MONTH Personal finance campaigner Martin Lewis has once again stepped up to...
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