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      Handshake

      Engaged Employer

      Handshake reviews

      3.1

      43% would recommend to a friend

      (289 total reviews)

      Garrett Lord

      44% approve of CEO

      37% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      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
      5.0
      Sep 27, 2021

      Dream Job

      Sales development representative (sdr)
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Amazing culture, mission, and teammates. I felt very welcome from the first day and truly have enjoyed every minute.

      Cons

      I really can't think of a single one.

      5.0
      Sep 1, 2021

      Amazing culture and great team!

      Sales development representative (sdr)
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Handshake is the best company culture I've ever worked in. They try really hard to really support every individual person and tailor their management and feedback to supporting people. They deeply care about diversity, equity, and inclusion, and the motto "students first," and it truly permeates throughout the culture of the organization, Also, everyone is friends and it's a very transparent and open culture! The product of Handshake is also great to sell because it's actually a really amazing product and people love it. Work life balance is amazing and managers really look out for your mental health.

      Cons

      It's still a 'startup' culture, where some processes aren't fully defined yet. There are opportunities to help build that process, which is great, but there are growing pains in areas where it doesn't exactly match yet. There can also be growing pains as the org structure changes rapidly. Not completely clear what the timeline and expectations for promotion are (but told that it can be somewhat fast compared to other programs). Benefits aren't top tier due to this also but they are relatively strong based on the size of the company!

      5.0
      Aug 31, 2021

      Mission-Driven tech company

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      mission, people, diversity, 3-sided marketplace, opportunity

      Cons

      growing really fast so hard to keep up

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