by Tanya de Grunwald | May 26, 2022 | exit fees
Left: Email from FDM’s CEO Rod Flavell… Right: Graduate Fog’s founder Tanya de Grunwald celebrates the news SCANDAL-HIT FIRM PROVIDES ‘CLARITY’– BUT NO APOLOGY Up to 2,000 graduates have been told they are free to leave their job at FDM Group thanks...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 24, 2022 | exit fees
* SKY SPOKESPERSON: ‘WE THOUGHT FEES WERE SCRAPPED ON 1 APRIL’ * EX-FDM GRADUATE: ‘FDM CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER PHONED TO SAY I’M OFF THE HOOK FOR NEARLY £8,000 IN FEES’ * CURRENT FDM GRADUATES: ‘WE’VE HEARD NOTHING ABOUT EXIT FEES BEING SCRAPPED’ What is going on at...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 12, 2022 | exit fees
HAS CORPORATE SOCIAL MOBILITY CHAMPION ‘BETRAYED’ THE YOUNG PEOPLE IT CLAIMS TO CARE ABOUT? * Update, 15 May 2022: We’re in the Sunday Times! Graduates hit by stinging ‘exit fees’ from recruiters (Don’t subscribe? Click here) * Accountancy firm KPMG has risked...
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 | 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...
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