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 | 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 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 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 | 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 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...
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...
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 | 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)...
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