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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...
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 / Ep6: ‘Is this a joke?’ Graduates horrified as FDM and Sparta win diversity award

Exit fees campaign / Ep6: ‘Is this a joke?’ Graduates horrified as FDM and Sparta win diversity award

by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 24, 2021 | Uncategorized

WHY ARE TWO GREEDY, RUTHLESS FIRMS BEING PRAISED AS CHAMPIONS OF SOCIAL MOBILITY? Graduates are in shock as a prestigious list heralding the UK firms championing social mobility has included two of the companies best known for ruthlessly charging huge ‘exit...
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 / Ep4: Big Issue and Good Law Project founders back us up

Exit fees campaign / Ep4: Big Issue and Good Law Project founders back us up

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...
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...
Exit fees campaign / Ep1: The damning documents

Exit fees campaign / Ep1: The damning documents

by Tanya de Grunwald | Nov 2, 2021 | Uncategorized

WE PUBLISH THE CONTRACTS THAT FDM AND THE OTHER ‘EXIT FEES’ FIRMS DON’T WANT YOU TO SEE Yesterday, we announced the launch of our new campaign to Stop Exit Fees By Xmas – but we didn’t give any details about our plans. Today, we’re...
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