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      Handshake

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      Handshake reviews

      3.1

      43% would recommend to a friend

      (290 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 290 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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      290 reviews
      4.0
      Feb 1, 2023

      Fast-paced

      Product analyst
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Mission-driven culture, advantageous business positioning.

      Cons

      Could leverage their data better

      1.0
      Feb 1, 2023

      Not worth it

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -Fully remote, no current plan to RTO -Compensation is decent

      Cons

      Handshake has become fond of saying it has a performance culture. In reality, the culture feels like it is based purely on fear. ICs are churned through more rapidly than I've ever seen, either being fired or many quitting because of a toxic culture of pressure and overwork. Managers spend more time in daily interviews to backfill the multiple people they fired than they do supporting their team. Executives say they encourage using your unlimited PTO. Meanwhile, taking PTO is commented on negatively by some managers.

      2.0
      Jan 31, 2023

      Good potential; currently flailing.

      Marketing
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      In general, great, talented people who are very invested in making the product and company live up to its potential. Work is remote and flexible (though you can work and get snacks in one of the hub offices). My compensation package was very fair.

      Cons

      Disorganized, constantly changed priorities the whole time I worked there, and no one seemed to be in charge. "Students first" value is at odds with the product priorities. Some pretty glaring (and fundamental) product questions were glossed over. Plus the weird layoff situation where people were quite clearly laid off - NOT for performance issues - but leadership insists it wasn't layoffs. Basically, when the going got tough, Handshake decided to lay folks off, blame them, then take away benefits for current staff (a company-wide week off on July 4th is no longer offered) and slap a "high performance culture" label on everything.

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