by Tanya de Grunwald | Sep 25, 2023 | diversity, Employers and recruitment, exit fees, Graduate schemes, social mobility
GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE! ‘HANNAH’ SAYS IT WAS ‘SICKENING’ TO DISCOVER FORD WERE ‘IN ON IT FROM THE START’ CLIENTS NEWS UK, B&Q, WPP, COCA-COLA, THE DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT, THE BRITISH RED CROSS, UCL, BAIN, THE CARE QUALITY...
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 | 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...
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...
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...
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...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 16, 2021 | Employers and recruitment, Employment rights, exit fees, resigning and references, Wages
ARE EMPLOYERS PAYING OFF GRADUATES, IN ORDER TO AVOID COURT? A TOP LAWYER EXPLAINS Are you one of the many young, UK employees trapped on your graduate scheme because your employer says you’ll owe them thousands of pounds if you leave (payable in 30 days!)...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Jun 11, 2020 | Employment rights, exit fees, Graduate schemes, Money, resigning and references, Wages
I.T. CONSULTANCY TEN10 CLAIMS HE OWES NEARLY £7,000 FOR HIS TRAINING *GRADUATE FOG EXCLUSIVE* A graduate whose former employer claims he owes them nearly £7,000 for his training while employed by them is challenging the practice of charging so-called ‘exit...
by Tanya de Grunwald | May 24, 2019 | Applications, CVs and interviews, diversity, Graduate Jobs, Graduate schemes
“DO YOUR RESEARCH — AND SHOW US THE REAL YOU” SAYS TOP EMPLOYER You’ve probably heard of KPMG – and you may know they are one of the UK’s ‘Big Four’ professional services firms. It’s no wonder the KPMG graduate...
by Tanya de Grunwald | Mar 27, 2019 | exit fees, Graduate schemes, Health and welfare, resigning and references
THIS WEBSITE DEMANDS IMMEDIATE END TO POLICY WHICH STATES SOCIAL CARE GRADUATE PROGRAMME CAN DEMAND UP TO £10,000 FROM PARTICIPANTS WHO QUIT EARLY, AFTER DISTRESSED YOUNG SOCIAL WORKERS TELL OF PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF BEING “TRAPPED” ON A...
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