Terrible - Anonymous employee Handshake Employee Review

1.0
Mar 10, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There isn’t any. Their service is terrible. What company can’t tell you WHY you’ve been banned after you’ve provided the information requested.

Cons

Never worked on a project. I got banned for some unknown reason they couldn’t tell me. Was asked to provide my degree which I did and they decided to uphold the ban. Even sent them my prior certifications. It sounded like they were questioning my credentials but I had supporting documents. Again, I never even touched a job. I was in onboarding for one.

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