Mission Driven Company That's Moving Fast and Having Significant Impact - Head of Marketing Handshake Employee Review

5.0
Mar 8, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Handshake democratizes opportunity for students. And in doing so levels the playing field between talent and opportunity. We work hard to make this a reality! Culture of trust, collaboration, and recognition. Incredibly fast moving and hard working team. Handshake is a meritocracy. Value, accountability and ownership are rewarded. We provide a tangible value to students, career centers and employers

Cons

Prioritization is a constant challenge as we balance a three sided network Young team - Handshake has rapidly grown and various teams are in need of more experience leadership and guidance to scale and to enjoy work Resource constrained - people wear a lot of hats, which a lot people value, but be prepared to roll up your sleeves, be resourceful and make it happen!

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Pros

Work at your own pace.

Cons

Task limit when new to project.

2.0
Jun 12, 2026
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Pros

It's flexible and sometimes the money is OK. I got paid most of what they owed me.

Cons

Generally disorganized. The task I was on was one of the more highly paid ones but it was almost impossible to actually do in the allotted time. You aren't supposed to use AI but I think people must. The tasks run far over the time they are supposed to take. The human review system also seemed almost arbitrary. Reviewers did not have the subject matter expertise they claimed to. You will make less than the advertised hourly rate because the tasks routinely take longer than they say they will. If they have averages that are lower, those people are either not submitting accurate hours (there is incentive not to) or are using AI to train AI, which is a bigger problem (but not yours).

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