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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
      3.0
      Sep 23, 2025

      Handshake MOVE - Getting better, still meh

      Fellow
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The pay is good. The mission uses a lot of background knowledge from my PhD. It is mentally challenging. The admin part of the company has improved significantly in the past couple months. It's not flawless by any means, but at least there is consistent communication and active channels for support.

      Cons

      The admin/support team seems too small for the amount of problems reported in the support channel. LLM usage (which is prohibited) keeps happening from bad actors, making it harder for fellows and reviewers that follow the rules. Management keeps changing where communication comes from. Stumping the models correctly can be difficult, and take longer than 3 hours. And you are only able to bill 3 hours of work per successful prompt.

      2.0
      Sep 23, 2025

      <30% of reps hitting quota for consecutive years now, don't be a fool

      Enterprise account manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Students love Handshake, C-suite execs are engaged because their sons and daughters use Handshake. Since execs are engaged, we have a great exec engagement program. You will learn craftsmanship and sales process, you must be polished since we get a seat at the exec table at F500 companies. There are no other pros that you cannot find at any other employer.

      Cons

      - Haven't been able to keep a VP of Sales for longer than 6 months, 2 in a row now - Churned every VP/Head of every line of business in the last couple of years - We are boasting about the creation of Handshake AI, which they are banking on to save the company from an acquisition vs. IPO, but just like everything else we have rolled out over the last few years, it won't be ready or sellable any time soon. Linkedin owns the PhD network, not catching up anytime soon. We are years behind with AI and a couple more years until it will actually help the Core team, if it will at all. Core reps continue to miss their OTEs and deal with record breaking churn. Only a handful of top reps make money, maybe 10% of the entire org, and it all depends on your accounts. Same issues from years ago: - RevOps can't set proper targets or comp plans because the CEO demands 30% growth which is impossible - Ego at the top plaguing the work culture - Frontline managers who haven't sold anything in a decade providing zero value, which can be replaced by forecasting or AI agent software (all the way up to the Strat level) - Disorganized, lacking basic process - Execs that are defeated and it's written all over their face when they present - Culture of paranoia

      4.0
      Sep 23, 2025

      Handshake AI

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Very fast to set up the contract

      Cons

      Need more details on the goals

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