Handshake reviews

3.1

43% would recommend to a friend

(289 total reviews)

Garrett Lord

44% approve of CEO

37% 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 15, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Coworkers are typically the only reason folks stay here- trauma bonding!!

Cons

Talk to any sales rep here and you’ll figure out quickly why this org has some of the highest turnover you’ll see in tech. Reps here succeed because of constant layups and huge opps given to them simply because they “stand out in the room and lead like a used car salesman” as quoted by a senior leader. Quota is unattainable, talk to 90% of reps and you’ll find out that average quota attainment is 40% annually. Leadership has no accountability and they are all fearful to speak up, even though they all vent to their IC’s on how terrible a company Handshake is. Work here if you want to burn yourself out! Tenured reps have been leaving left and right due to the terrible favoritism and straight up awful leadership that guides them to zero success.

1.0
May 7, 2023

Burnout City

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pay is above average, at first.

Cons

Getting promoted is almost impossible. Pace is insane which leads to more and more tech debt. Engineering org is a house of cards.

1.0
Feb 24, 2023

Fake managers, fake promises

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Overall hired decent people but mid management, most of the people managers are good at managing up nothing else

Cons

Not trustworthy, everything they say during the senior leadership meetings is scam. Laid off a lot of my colleagues at short notice, just kicked them out as if they never existed without a chance to say good byes.

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