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Exit fees Ep20: WTF, KPMG?! Firm signs up as a new client of FDM

Exit fees Ep20: WTF, KPMG?! Firm signs up as a new client of FDM

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...
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 / 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: FDM dumped by conference organisers?

Exit fees: FDM dumped by conference organisers?

by Tanya de Grunwald | Oct 19, 2021 | Employers and recruitment, exit fees, Graduate schemes

FDM REP VANISHES FROM BOARD ROLE AFTER OUTCRY OVER EXIT FEES  Is the tide finally turning against FDM Group? A senior representative from the controversial IT outsourcing firm has mysteriously disappeared from the Institute of Student Employers’ board of...
Trapped by ‘exit fees’ at FDM: A graduate’s story

Trapped by ‘exit fees’ at FDM: A graduate’s story

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...
‘Exit fees’ firm under fire over graduate conference appearance

‘Exit fees’ firm under fire over graduate conference appearance

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...

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