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...
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 | 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...
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...
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,...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 30, 2021 | Employment rights, exit fees, Graduate schemes, social mobility
GLOBAL BOSS REPLACES UNIVERSITY MEMBERSHIPS MANAGER… TO HANDLE AWKWARD QUESTIONS? Is FDM feeling the heat from the controversy around their use of ‘exit fees’? The firm has replaced the planned speaker at their Institute of Student Employers (ISE)...
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...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 23, 2021 | diversity, Employment rights, exit fees, Graduate schemes, resigning and references, social mobility, Uncategorized
FDM GROUP IS CHARGING GRADUATES UP TO £15,000 IF THEY QUIT THEIR SCHEME IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS – PAYABLE WITHIN 30 DAYS. IF THE LAW CAN’T STOP THEM, INDUSTRY MUST, SAYS TANYA DE GRUNWALD Questions have been raised about a planned appearance at next...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Apr 28, 2020 | diversity, Good + Fair Employers Club, Graduate Fog, Graduate unemployment, Politicians, social mobility, Unpaid internships
OUR BEST BITS FROM THE LAST 10 YEARS — AND OUR TAKE ON WHAT’S COMING NEXT By Tanya de Grunwald, founder of Graduate Fog and director of the Good + Fair Employers Club (below) When I founded Graduate Fog in April 2010, I feared there wouldn’t be...
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