I have been injured and needed a caretaker to accompany me. I had been scheduled to attend a seminar for months. I called Fred Pryor Seminar's to make sure my caretaker would be able to accompany me into the seminar. They told me I had the following options: * I could PAY $199 to have my caretaker attend the seminar. * I could have my caretaker wait for me in the hotel lobby but it was entirely up to the hotel if they would allow someone to loiter in the lobby for the entire day. * My caretaker could wait in the car in the parking lot the whole day. In this day and age I find it unbelievable that this the way a national organization treats it's disabled customers. Needless to say, I will not be attending anymore seminar's with this company! read more

I took the basic supervision seminar with Pat Murphy. I must have had a good speaker because my experience doesn't line up with the majority of reviews. Yes, he did get sales pitchy for about 30 minutes but was overall on topic. I was pleasantly surprised by how much information I was able to use from this. I didn't agree with everything that was taught but I'll definitely be able to put some of the subject matter into practice. read more

Good material, especially for how to make your writing clearer. I felt it could have been accomplished in a little shorter timeframe, maybe an hour less. Some of the tools they mentioned for organizing seemed particularly helpful. Definitely would need an additional class to bring your writing to the next level, but this is a good start. Geri and Brent are personable and the time overall passes quickly, especially after the first two hours. read more

I attended a half day seminar taught by a very elderly instructor who repeatedly told us she wanted us to get value for our dollar and then gave us little information. It was a total waste of money. I'm glad my boss paid for it! ;) Now I get 10+ pieces of mail from them per week. I have asked to be taken off their mailing list numerous times to no avail. What a waste of paper. No one in my organization will be attending any of these workshops. read more

Just walked out of a $250 seminar on Payroll Law in Canada. Instructor took the first hour of the course talking about herself, how most people in the room don't need to be here, and how we will finish up at 2:30 because although she knows the "book", she doesn't know anything about payroll and so there is an "expert" in the room. Also going around the overcrowded room so each person can say their name, the company they're from, what they do there, and their favourite food. She crossed the line with me when she had everyone in the room toss tiny koosh balls to their neighbor for no apparent reason. I walked out. Seriously? Waste a whole hour of my time after telling me she doesn't know the material, and that we'll finish at 2:30? Sorry. I'm not there for a play date or a vacation from work. I'm there to learn something. I'll be asking for my money back. read more

I've enjoyed the webinars I've taken online recently. There has been strong content and they've made a good pivot with not being able to offer in person courses during the pandemic. My favorite Presenter so far has been Kathi Kulesza in the Leadership and Management Skills for Women. The only reason I can't give 5 stars is the amount of time they spend pitching their Annual Pass or Pryor+ memberships. This tends to be a trend with any training platform like Pryor. read more

The absolute worst seminar ever. A continuous flow of upsell with little course content. Just awful! One sales pitch after another promoting more seminars to improve your career growth! Don't waste your money! read more

Sure wish I would have read reviews before attending. Took a "Dealing With Difficult People" seminar. I could tell twenty minutes in this was a colossal waste of time. Opted to stick it out until lunch in hopes it would improve. It did not. Absolutely no real content. read more

No stars! I attended a seminar this month and it was a total waste of time. There's no content. It's almost like when you go to Orlando and sit through those timeshare presentations so you can get free tickets to go to Disney World! One sales pitch after the other. Very nice and friendly instructor, but this seminar was an absolute joke. I would have learned more about the topic by watching a 30 second commercial on television. It's almost as if the people "teaching" these courses are trained actors who stick to a particular sales script. Find quality training elsewhere. read more

Recent flood of spam emails from Fred Pryor Seminars (after a one-year pause) means they're somehow still in the business of conning people. Avoid...unless you're looking for tips on how to spam. read more

Had questions on a specific seminar, Remice was VERY helpful and could answer all of my questions in a quick and concise fashion. Thank you!!! read more

I've gone to a few seminars and learned very little. This was not productive with time or money. Reading a book on the given subject will offer better rewards. You will be on their email and mailing list indefinitely under Fred Pryor and Careertrack. read more

A very helpful and useful seminar where techniques and skills are thought in a professional way.

I guess I should have read the comments and ratings before booking. I agree 100% that it was a waste of time and money. Too much time wasted on a sales pitch, than on actual content. Bashing of Operations managers (HR Law class) so it was how HR knows everything and does everything right and managers don't know anything and do everything wrong. Class cut an hour short, 45 minute lunch plus breaks plus at least an hour on sales pitches, at least 30 minutes on personal information unrelated to the class . . . all of this didn't leave much time for actually class content. Very disappointed. The only thing I got out of the seminar was websites to go to in order to get actual information. read more

Spent an entire day here plus the fee, as well as pay for my own lunch. Would have been worth it if there was any useful information at all during my 'strategy' course which was one of two courses offered in the Social Media seminar. They split into two groups based off of 'content' and 'strategy' for Social Media. I felt I have a good grasp of content and figure 'strategy' would be useful. I was very wrong. Leader could not answer simple questions, actually gave incorrect information, did not cover over half of the advertised content and what was in our work book. Overall a waste of money/time. Two stars because maybe the other presenter/leader was better. Very disappointed with my course, however. I would not recommend this if you have a very basic understanding of Social Media already (such as being able to boost a post on Facebook or knowing how to post on Facebook) as this is all that was covered. In between our leaders tinkering with WiFi and trying to find the correct page/slide to be on, of course. read more

Dave Suson was such a GREAT instructor! I definitely learned a lot from the workshop and is excited to take other courses offered by Pryor learning solution. read more

The training I went to was $149. For that amount, you have to print all of your own materials, which is slightly annoying. But, when I did that, I saw the topics covered (HR for Those Newly Assigned) and I actually got moderately excited about the course. Unfortunately, we barely covered the content in the packets. The materials presented were out of order, we would start with something ADA compliance, then jump to another topic all while the presenter was assuring us that we would somehow loop back to ADA compliance. The other annoying point is what others have mentioned here numerous times-- the sales pitch. It was attending a class with real life commercial breaks. Pryor obviously works with a couple of vendors for software, and so instead of demonstrating, for example, what good employee record keeping looks like in different office styles, they showed off some software that does it for you. Have an HR question? There is another software that you can purchase, type in the the topic, and use CTRL+F to find the answer you are looking for. This leads to the third annoyance. Upon entering, we were told not to Google. Essentially, Google/Internet wasn't considered a strong source (fair point, though I do feel that you could be smart about the resources you select). Instead, you were told to trust a program that was CD based, and I am assuming not prone to updates, or books in general (again, fair). Then, it was mentioned that a court case elsewhere in the country could suddenly change the way you have to conduct business. The conundrum is that you are trying to stay on top of ever changing laws, and not use Google/the Internet as a resource. Instead, I wish it has been presented more in terms of: "Here is a book and software that you can use to understand most of what is compliant for your business, and here are some good sources on the internet that will alert you to changes." I feel the reasoning behind this was purely monetary, but that ultimately takes away from the value of the course. Now that I have taken the course, I know sort of what laws I should know about, but not how to comply with them even on a basic level. I will now have to spend more money to fill in gaps (elsewhere). tl:dr: Don't recommend. If you are a business with a set amount of money set aside for training: don't spend it here. The materials can be very scattered, unhelpful, and their bottom line depends on you purchasing their partners products. This means, they will not show you how to do a task, but rather, they will demo how a product does it for you. read more

Constant spam with rotating from addresses and domains to sneak around filters & blacklists.

I attended a seminar on social media with a co-worker of mine and this was the most useless, terribly stupid, waste of time that I've ever had to sit through. I'm not a religious person but if there is a Hell, this was probably a preview. The instructors had no in depth ideas about what social media was about, all they had were statistics that I could have looked up online. I believe it is a scheme to take advantage of people who don't know any better. I learned nothing, and my employer will be getting their money back. Fred Pryor seminars should not be in business. If I could leave negative stars, I would. read more

As far as training, they have a load of options. As far as being environmentally conscience they are the absolute pits! I have had to go out of my to work on their behalf in order to discontinue mailings to every single employee at the same address. Only to find out they are back in having my address again in 2 months time. And they do it to promote different courses. So one day I can get dozens of mail regarding MS Word and the next day get dozens more of individual mailings for project planning. I spoke to them and they don't seem too interested in understanding the obnoxious, unnecessary waste. read more

TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY!!! You get around 15-20 minutes of useful information, and the rest is a sales pitch to get you to sign up for their other classes. Or they are promoting their VIP package to you. It is not worth the money! It feels just like a "time share" presentation, but my company paid to attend. This is a total SCAM! Please do not waste your money on any of these courses! I know my company will never make this mistake again! We would have been better off just donating this $200 to a local charity. PRYOR LEARNING is worth doing even if these classes were free honestly. Please don't make the same mistake I did. read more

I've tried to use the online learning for free through a California program. Half the "courses" (they really do use this term loosely) don't run on a variety of platforms, although they like to claim they do. Technical support is nice and apologetic, yet literally have to ask you for a technical outline of step-by-step actions and screenshots of error messages because they don't have a clue. Some of their "courses" are nothing more than snippets taken from sites such as monster.com. Some seem amateurish as if made in mom's basement for youtube. Take the majorities advice on here and save your money; I've learned more on edx for free. California should stop wasting taxpayer $ and get a refund read more

This organization is a huge spam factory. No matter how many times I request to be removed from their emailing lists, I continue to receive several emails a week - when I never signed up in the first place! They must be pretty money-driven, since their customer service clearly doesn't care about potential customers. read more

I'm surprised to see so many negative reviews, I've been a training rewards member for 6 months now, and I've had nothing but good experiences. The instructor's are professional, yet still fun and innovative, most of my instructors didn't just follow the book, which is dull and boring. And if I wanted to read from a book I would go to Barnes and Noble. I benefited from people sharing their struggles and their achievements. Instructors give real life examples and allowed me to relate, the other attendees also help in the class, you get to hear other people's struggles and it helps you to relate to your own problems at times. Maybe it's not for everyone, but it's for the people who are willing to take a effort in making a change, not only in their professional life, but their personal life as well. read more

I took the payroll law webinar and it was awful...Complete waste of your time. There was maybe 30 minutes of good information in a 7 hour class! The instructor spent most of the class trying to sell you on all the other classes they offer. He also spent time talking about all the jobs that he has done in his lifetime. I am not the only person in the class that had this opinion. Disappointing considering the money we spent on this course. I will for sure be contacting them directly to get a refund. Such a scam! read more

I attended a class for payroll in St. George, UT...I was so disappointed that they gave us no materials or handouts. They said we could access those on our phone and follow along, or computer when we get back to the office. Really $149.00 seminar and you can't even provide a book...I'm sorry but this is not the Fred Pryor that I began attending back in the 70's, 80's, 90's...They have lost what was so important to the attendees. Customer Service! I'm sure Pryor wants to save money by not handing out materials, my gosh that is so cheap!!! Pryor used to offer coffee and tea...Now only water, again cheapo!!! It's all about the money with them...I will never attend another Pryor Seminar again...I've seen them go down in quality for a while, they even used to offer a continental breakfast or lunch, nope no more...CHEAPO!!! DON"T GO!!! read more

Something to consider before purchase.... anything you have completed prior to purchasing your P+ ARE NOT transferable. So if you're assuming P+ will also track courses you have already completed before you purchase IT WILL NOT. I just had a customer service agent condescendingly explain that to me. The only way you can show proof that you have completed a course is with your certificate. read more

I have been taking these seminars for years. Years ago I found them informative and I enjoyed them. Over the past couple of years I have found them to be lacking real content and not totally on topic. Some of the instructors are just bad and talk more about themselves than what you have come to learn.. Elementary is a word that I would use for their courses. It is very disappointing to commit to a day of training and find that at the end of the day you didn't really learn anything...I will have to look for a company with more substance. read more

Don't sign up. Company is completely inflexible. I had to cancel because of illness in my family. I had to pay for another seminar at an inconvenient date. The company is completely insensitive to hardship. Buyer beware. read more

I just received a letter from this company. The letter states "they have received my request for a refund". I never requested a refund, I just left an honest review. The refund won't change my review, I'm sorry. Thanks anyway. read more

I wish I could give negative stars. The seminar I attended was a complete joke and absolute waste of time. The advertisement made it sound like like it would be an in-depth and educational OSHA seminar. Instead, what I got was this lady (not sure what experience she even really had!) talking about how her brother has an abusive girlfriend, HR needs to get involved with these things, and one GIANT sales speech - given multiple times. There was honestly ZERO training involved. None. I could have taught that class a million times better than her. I feel so bad for everyone who went thinking they would actually learn something. Please spend your money elsewhere on a training with substance! read more

I have attended at least 5 different seminars and I have not had a bad experience in any of them. All the instructors have been great. Every seminar is full of great info and has helped me out a lot. I am totally surprised by the reviews I am reading here. I am a Pryor + member and think it is the best investment I have made in myself in a long time. read more

We arranged for one of these seminars for our employees, and the instructor did not even show up and did not call to say he had missed his flight. It was completely unprofessional. We took a lot of time to establish a time that the employees could go through this training, and everyone was in the training room for twenty minutes before we were able to get through to the company, only to hear he had missed his flight the day before; not even a phone call to let us know. What a scam. read more

I took a two day Basics and Beyond the Basics course in learning Excel. COMPLETE JOKE. Basically, they show you a quick trick every hour or so and the rest of the time they talk about the book you can buy or the $3,000 software you can purchase so you can PRACTICE every day. I was really hoping to learn some great stuff being there for SIX hours two days in a row but that certainly was not the case. Take it from me and the other reviews out there, look for more quality training because you won't find it with Fred Pryor. read more

Course material aside, I've been battling with them over billing for 4 months now and it's still not resolved. I registered online and paid for 7 coworkers to attend and they billed me. . . and then sent each coworker an individual bill after the course. I faxed in receipts and credit card statements 3 times and still continued to get bills, with the final straw being that they threatened to report a few individuals to a claims institute. They even added a person to my account that I had never heard of. I'm still working to get this figured out, but it's become very clear that I will never do business with them again. read more

Their seminars are great, I always find them extremely informational, I am a Pryor Plus member and love it. I always learn a lot of valuable information. I am a big fan of their Pryor Plus Program because it provides unlimited access to all training year round for a cheap price. read more

DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY! wasted a whole day and 4 hours of driving to listen to (a very nice man) talk more about his family and sales pitches than anything else. I learned nothing about dealing with difficult customers. But I can tell you that the instructors daughter is a very talented musician, and that his son is into rock, and that his wife is a great cook. seriously, don't bother. read more

I've been to 2 Fred Pryor seminars in the last 4 weeks. One was Excel Basics and the other was How to Manage Conflict and Confrontation. I would NOT recommend either workshop. Excel: no computers in the classroom makes it very difficult to learn. End of story. They actually spend 5 full minutes at the beginning of the seminar trying to convince participants that they are going to learn better without their laptops. That is simply not true. The workshop is cheap because they don't set up computers or train their instructors to use them appropriately. Take a spreadsheet class where you work on the program while you learn. Conflict Management: Terrible instructor. She really wanted to be a motivational speaker and apparently got stuck with a lousy assignment. She could not follow the workbook -- she said she "hated it!" So she basically did a loose, off--the-cuff series of monologues about her life and how she handled "negative people." If you look at the 4 page brochure selling the workshop, the instructor provided virtually none of the outcomes and results promised throughout the handout. Terrible presentation, no logical order to anything, little real-world relevance, and the teacher seemed incompetent. read more

This company is great way to train your staff worth every penny Bruce Mow the instructor was great very sharp and warming I enjoyed it and very good information in a short time read more

I did attend one Pryor's workshop and it was a total waste of my time. I didn't learn anything new and there was no easy-to-use skill introduced. The class was really pushing you to buy their annual membership without any focus to help you. The instructor didn't have broad experience that could be shared in the class. The few limited examples given in the class were not really typical real-world examples. The class schedule was also horrible and the instructor had to rush to finish the class. In addition, the workshop didn't even provide the PowerPoints to students. It seems that you have to buy their membership to get the class PowerPoints. That was totally blowing my mind. read more