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      Handshake

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      3.1

      43% would recommend to a friend

      (289 total reviews)

      Garrett Lord

      44% approve of CEO

      37% positive business outlook

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      3.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.2

      Compensation and benefits

      3.1

      Work/Life balance

      2.8

      Career opportunities

      2.6

      Culture & values

      2.3

      Senior management

      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
      2.0
      Mar 10, 2026

      Not what it was

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      A lot of the people who have been there for a while are great hard workers, but the culture has changed drastically over the years.

      Cons

      Leadership, poor management, lack of career growth because all they worry about are deliverables and not the people who work there. Poor management gets rewarded even after HR fiascos as long as they are pushing for high output over quality. The company used to value empathy and the people who worked there, but over time the people who practiced that have left.

      2.0
      Jan 6, 2026

      Not a good culture

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good pay and benefits for an startup

      Cons

      Workload is insanely huge and they expect you to work all the time and over the weekends. They do a 9-9-6 schedule and people goes to the office even saturdays and sundays.

      2.0
      Oct 25, 2025

      It's getting worse every year

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great peers and managers to work with. A lot of tech savvy people. Insurance is pretty good,

      Cons

      The mission has changed in a bad way. It used to be 'democratizing opportunities', but they implemented AI in their feature without considering the impact on students attending smaller schools.

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