Handshake reviews

3.1

41% would recommend to a friend

(289 total reviews)

Garrett Lord

41% approve of CEO

35% positive business outlook

Handshake has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 289 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Handshake employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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289 reviews
1.0
Feb 14, 2023

They deceive employees.

Recommend
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Pros

They strive to create good processes, but unfortunately they still have more cons. Young CEO, founders suck &; they are very rude!

Cons

While it was obvious that they had revenue shortage, they still over-hired to market their growth & only to fire people. They abruptly ended employment of many folks without a prior notice or hints or warnings. The worst part being, every employee was terminated with a poor performance reason with worst Severance before they can even vest their stocks. This company doesn't even have a chance to go public and even if does, those stocks won't be worth anything, because company is going south. Forget money, forget terminations. It’s shameful that the managers terminated their direct reports with a poor performance, funny part, they know to themselves that they’ve never had issues with their performance, they appreciated them in the past infront of everyone. They never properly gave them a feedback about their so called worst performance. Disappointing to have such managers, pretty sure these managers will lead their rest of career holding this guilt. A lifetime lesson to not join a company like Handshake in the future.

1.0
Jul 26, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Competitive salary, WFH (but hybrid enforcement starting in August), some great ICs.

Cons

Lets talk numbers. In the last 6-12 months, Over 75% folks left in Finance and over 60% left in Accounting. Why?? Horrible management, toxic work environment, zero support and growth opportunities. Managers just don't care or value you. You are just a headcount and will be replaced in a second. You have been warned! Good luck!

1.0
Jan 24, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Decent colleagues up to L6

Cons

the executive team (except Christine) is extremely toxic and micromanaging; the directors are mostly brown-nosers; ICs are burned out or checked out

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