PathriseReviews of pathrise.com

Company is a joke. They talk you into a free trial, then they tell you they cannot accommodate your request. Didn’t bother to explain why. Very unprofessional. Meeting was rescheduled a few times. Their consultants are part time employees. Don’t waste your time with these jokers. They give you a guarantee they will find the right job for you and they brag about 95% job placement ratio, but they don't live up to their promises. They will treat you like garbage without any explanation until you write a review. Then they will be on you like white on rice demanding you give them more details about why you think they are not the best. Have some respect for yourself and don't bother talking to them because they won't even respond to your e-mails.

I originally joined Pathrise in 2022 and after a year of doing everything they wanted me to do it didn't land me any offers. I felt like I was ambitious and excited about the whole process and met with some great industry mentors to work on projects and boost my resume. However, that was the only good part of the program. When it comes to finding you a job or placing you in a network/getting you referrals, this program fails miserably. I thought they would give me other advice besides to apply to 10+ jobs a week and send 10 cold emails, but thats all they ended up telling me to do. After about 6 months in the program I constantly had thoughts like "I can't believe I signed up to pay 10%+ of my salary for this". I did everything they asked from me and got 0 results. The applications they sent in for me also landed me 0 interviews so that was a total waste. I rarely felt any of the mentors were invested in me, nor did they give me any good advice on what to do next week. I remember having a meeting where a mentor said "if you're asking me for what you should do to land a job in this field, I don't know what the answer to that is". This whole process felt extremely discouraging, depressing, and a waste of time. I was looking forward to my end date in the program so that when I land a role I wouldn't be subject to their fess for a program I felt gave me no real value or direction. I was constantly asking them "what am I doing wrong", "what can I improve", "what should be my goals" and all they came back with was "apply for more roles and improve your linkdin". After 6+ month of doing this I was so discouraged that I asked them during on of the meetings, "I have a master's degree and some experience, but should I just give up and accept this isn't for me" and they came back with the standard answer of try applying for more roles. This isn't a program I would recommend for anyone. Besides for the connection to industry mentors, this platform doesn't have much to offer. It is definitlely not worth the money they ask from you. Instead I would just ask a pro to rewrite your resume and optimize your linkdin more. It would be much cheaper, and after all that's all this program does for you anyways. I had some of the worst droughts of discouragement in my job hunt I've ever had when I was in the program, and I wouldn't want anyone else go through that. Edit: I've recently talked to several other mentors and they told me the advice I was given was driving me down the wrong path. At this point the only thing I can say about Pathrise is that it at least got me started going in a certain direction. However, I now realize the advice I was given was not tailored to me to guide to my next job. I should have been targeting much more junior level roles/projects than what I was told. At this point, I think this program might have caused me more harm than good since it wasted close to a year of hard work and gave me delusional expectations. After getting advice from outside the program finally, I get why everyone I was getting mentored by kept giving me the same generic unfruitful answer: "Just keep applying eventually something will land". I wish this program hired mentors that were more invested in the outcome of the mentees rather than seeing these calls as a way to spew generic information or not tailoring their advice to fit the candidates current career trajectory,

I did technical interview and then they ghosted me. Heard nothing for a month. No one replies to my emails. EDIT: although I got the reply below, I still have not received any other contact.

The mentors were amazing and able to give insights as they are currently working in the field you are interested in. I appreciate that I was able to schedule time with other mentors, interview prep, and even mindset coaches. Starting this I'm not going to lie I was a bit dubious as I wasn't able to find a lot of current info online but took the risk. It worked out in helping to keep me motivated and mentally on track with finding a new job. I will say the downside is that once placed there is a % of the salary that will be paid to pathrise, but I felt it was worth it. What is nice is once you've been accepted they will also help find jobs based on what you are looking for so that you are not alone in the job search. There are recommended jobs via the pipeline tracker, but your mentor will also share jobs with you as well. I will share that the UX does need some work.

Ben Hyland has been a fantastic career mentor. The other support mentors with whom I have connected have all been great people, too! Ben always has great advice, responds to my stupid questions, and is vert encouraging.

I had sessions regarding my resume, but I don’t think anyone focused enough on making it simple enough for the recruiter to understand and even myself to understand.

The Pathfinder team is much like the Avengers. They have so much knowledge and insights yet they are humble and kind. If you ever needed a team to help you find your next role, Pathfinder is it.

I contacted this company for help finding another job. I participated in their free trial for a week and that turned out to be an absolute waste of time. At the end of the trial, I was dismissed and was told they wouldn’t be helping me. They made me feel like a loser and like I wasn’t worth the time or the effort to help. For those reading this review, I seriously would look upon Pathrise as not worth YOUR time either.