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 | 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...
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...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 3, 2022 | diversity, exit fees, social mobility, Uncategorized
‘FIRM FIGHTING MULTIPLE FIRES’ AS SHARE PRICE DIVES 30% SINCE JANUARY 2022 Is FDM Group in financial trouble? News reaches Graduate Fog that the IT outsourcing giant – at one point worth £1bn – is suffering serious operational problems which...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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