PRI Global Reviews

The owner/founder of PRI (Ajay Patel) is a nightmare. He doesn't know how to run a company, and is obsessed with micromanaging. He is trying to make it mandatory for salaried employees to clock their hours, come to the office 4 days a week, and even wants to integrate computer cameras to see how long remote employees are at their desk. He has countless internal meetings that last 2-3 hours and requires all his staff to attend, just so he can share "ideas" that he exports from GPT. He copies and pastes paragraphs, multiple times a day, all hours of the night, to different WhatsApp groups that he requires his employees to participate in. If people dont give him a "like" or acknowledgement to some ramblings he sends, he starts getting angry and calling everyone, telling them it's "mandatory" to participate in his incessant posting. None of the things he shares or messages are even ideas of his own. He is unable to carry out a conversation without the aid of a GPT. When Ajay is challenged he starts yelling and screaming.... Even in front of clients.... it's the most toxic work environment I've ever witnessed. He is absolutely clueless on what a professional services IT consulting firm does. He has hired experts and outside help who have come from major consulting firms, VCs, and other backgrounds and he talks down to them as if he knows all. There is no getting through to Ajay, and what's worse is he has absolutely no self awareness. There isn't a single person who I've talked with at PRI who respects him. Every decision he makes is detrimental to the company -- he makes hiring decisions on a whim, he constantly restructures the company on a monthly basis, and he invests money into various sunk costs that don't grow revenue for the organization (such as hiring multiple resources with no projects to bill, "sales" people who have never sold IT consulting, and keeping multiple members of his family on payroll, in India, who don't even work here). Ajay is running the company so far into the ground that we contracted a fractional CFO to look at everything, give him advice on how to grow the company, and refrain from knee-jerk decision making..... guess what? Ajay didn't take a single word of advice and fired the guy. Whether a potential client for PRI, or a potential employee, stay FAR away. Due to Ajay's lack of leadership he will never get us out of being a staff aug firm. No matter how much GPT he uses to pretend that PRI is an AI company, PRI is not an AI company. PRI can't even keep project turnover under 30% on the only non-staff aug / deliverables-based project that we have. Run. P.S. - all the positive reviews on here were incentivized with gift cards.

I strongly advise anyone considering joining PRI Global to think twice and run the other way. This company, particularly under the leadership of its Chairman, is an environment that is toxic for senior-level professionals with experience and aspirations. The Chairman demonstrates no respect for talent or performance. Hiring and firing decisions are made impulsively, often without justification or consideration of an individual’s ability, contributions, or potential to grow the company. He expects blind obedience from his team and actively discourages independent thought, creativity, or meaningful contributions. In addition, constantly putting them under the bus makes me question my own ability most of my time here. Innovation and critical thinking are replaced by scripted directives from ChatGPT, which he relies on excessively and without a proper understanding of context or subject matter. There is a lack of clarity with basic examples like RACI and RBAC, and glaring missteps such as mistaking product companies for competitors when PRI Global is supposedly a services organization. Decisions are often based on poorly researched information (and the KNOW IT ALL attitude) rather than thoughtful strategy or collaborative input. Targets and goals are created arbitrarily without data, logic, or insight to back them up, and employees are expected to execute unrealistic expectations without question. More concerning is the blatant malpractice with usage of ChatGPT and disregard for ethical practices and data protection, putting clients and employees at risk. PRI Global’s current trajectory under this leadership is unsustainable. The culture is unethical (to say the least), the vision is nonexistent, and the leadership style is AUTHORITARIAN. If this direction continues, the company is destined to fail. For anyone seeking a role with growth, learning, or an opportunity to make a meaningful impact, this is not the place for you. AVOID PRI Global.