Career Coaching Clients Who Paid $500+ - Felt Scammed & Pressured

Anyone feel like they got scammed by a job coach? I'm a labor journalist working on a reported piece about the career coaching industry — specifically coaches who charge $500+, promise to get you hired within a certain timeframe, and/or use aspirational lifestyle marketing (luxury purchases, travel content, manufactured scarcity like "only 2 spots left") alongside shame-based tactics to close the deal I'm looking to talk to people who: Were drawn in by a coach's lifestyle content, relatable demeanor, or success stories Paid for coaching and felt it wasn't worth the money Got generic, cookie-cutter advice (fix your LinkedIn, use ChatGPT, shorten your answers) that didn't justify the price Felt shamed or pressured into buying ("you just don't see the value," "invest in yourself," "most people won't do the work") Experienced coaches who disappeared after payment or ghosted when things got hard Noticed the coach seemed more interested in getting testimonials than actually helping Happy to keep you completely anonymous. DM me if this sounds familiar.