PathriseReviews of pathrise.com

Not sure if anyone else had this experience but I saw one of Pathrise' ads and was interested in it. I signed up and it gave me a confirmation that my application was being reviewed. Then I got the email to ask me to book through their calendly link for an interview. The link didn't work or rather it just says there is no time available for the current month or the next month, so I emailed them back and stated that to ask for their availability. No response. Then a week later I got another automatic email asking me to sign up for a time slot and this time the link just straight up didn't work. In the auto-email it says to email them if there is any questions. So i did again. No response, again. Today it happened AGAIN. They sent me another email asking me to sign up. I'm not sure what the actual experience is like but I heard they take 9% of your salary. If its this difficult to get in touch with them I can't imagine what the actual process is like. I do not recommend based off of my experience or the lack of experience with them.

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’m just starting my career and was having issues finding a job. I stumbled onto Pathrise and thought it would help. It is not suited for individuals starting their careers. I received more rejections and only one interview based on applications I sent out with them. The offer I ended up receiving I applied for before starting with them. They were no help and ended up being a bigger drain mentally and now monetarily.

The tools, website and processes are legit. I was recruited and participated in service where a coach meet and created resumes, help weekly call. The mass distribution of the resume resulted in a few interviews. No results. No connections with recruiters or hiring managers who are the decision makers for the roles desired.

I signed up for the 2-week trial program, hoping to explore and see if the product works. I enjoyed the 1:1 meetings with all the coaches. However, I could not join any of the live events. No one would let me join the live session or the coach would just cancelled the session an hour beforehand, which seemed unprofessional. So, I never had a chance to join the live session during the 2-week trial. During the career strategy plan session, I raised my concerns about my soon-to-be expiring work authorization (which I already mentioned to the admission manager since the beginning but she wanted me to try it out anyway). Soon after, Pathrise abruptly ended my trial period before the agreed timeline. After sending me an email saying they could not support me, the admission manager just canceled the meeting that we were supposed to have on the same day as a trial wrap-up session and terminated my access to the website. I wish the team would be more empathetic and discuss with me beforehand.

The trial period went well. The actual program did not. It started when the career mentor stated she had already spoken to me and had in the trial. Still, I had upgraded to the professional plan and was to get a rewrite of my resume and LinkedIn profile Bio. during the first two weeks. I had to go to the admission manager to get her to contact me. After she did, she kept speaking about the essential plan. I reminded her I had upgraded to the professional plan. I did not get my resume or bio written within 2 weeks. She stated they were behind. I pushed until I got it. She did not respond in a timely manner (within 48 hrs). I had to get one of the founders involved finally. The platform did not perform and allow me to scroll and see all jobs submitted or suggested jobs, did not update with the cold email the employees at Pathrise were supposed to be sent to recruiters for me or even update with the date the application was submitted, if you clicked on the submitted job posting it would show another instance in the system as if they had submitted another application for the same job for me. There were many more issues. I would submit tickets to the helpdesk ticketing portal without a response. In fact no response the whole time I was going through the program until the last week and the very last ticket I submitted was addressed after I stated I had a job. I was told he just saw the ticket as they had, had a reorganization and he was the new manager in the department, so he was seeing if I was still having issues. I stated No because I had obtained a job and was no longer reviewing the platform. That was one out of 5 or 6 submitted tickets. An email goes out stating you do not have to use your credits for interview prep. That is wrong because you receive no response when you submit a request for interview prep. Nada/nothing. The cold emails mentioned above were not being sent on my behalf even though they train you to send one out immediately after you submit an application. They even give you an extension to find the recruiter/hiring manager's email address. When I asked to get the email address of the person the cold email was sent to so I could complete a follow-up email, they stated they were not sent until Wednesdays or Thursdays. Their training and the document the career mentor sent me clearly states do not send cold emails on Thursdays or Fridays.

Some of the one-on-ones I had with the experts were helpful & motivating. Others were just vent sessions & ended up not serving any other purpose. Over a month into the program & Pathrise still had not applied for jobs on my behalf as promised; I was in the highest tier program. Although I applied for numerous jobs using tactics I learned, I got zero interviews. Emails requesting assistance were not answered for days. The Chief of Staff finally got in touch with Operations & they let me exit the program without a fee due to Pathrise being "unable to provide [me] with the level of support [I] need and deserve." A representative from Customer Operations also stated that part of their process to fulfill their mission of being "the world's best career agency..." "unfortunately means scrutinizing [their] operations and recognizing when [their] program is unable to meet a career seeker’s needs." The way several things were worded made it sound like they just dropped the ball, but on the other hand, there was a slight tone of the issues being my fault. That wasn't said, but there wasn't even a plan put in place to mitigate the issues... it was just like, hey, you're calling out all our inconsistency & lack of response to your requests for help, let's just let you exit the program. I was just nervous about having to pay a fee, but luckily they did waive the financial obligation. Hopefully, they improve. I do think it is extremely overpriced, so I would advise anyone who decides on this path to negotiate the fee down. There's no downside to asking for a better price, but I hope you get a much higher level of service than I did.

I signed up for pathrise because I was stuck in my job search and intrigued at the concept. When I got on the call the other person was first off late, and had a really lackadaisical attitude towards me and my career. Let me list the red flags; 1.) Was late to the meeting, looked like she just woke up. 2.) Could not articulate any qualifications on experience hiring marketing people, she was 24. I am 32 mid-level management. 3.) Kept talking about the promises after I signed the program but couldn't show me anything up front. I could have just been matched with a bad mentor and I think in short, a program like this just purely from the accountability and motivational aspect could help, but that the pay of 10% PRETAX salary is outrageous. If I was younger and less experienced I feel like I might be desperate enough to do something like this but the truth is there are alternatives if you need career coaching.