Handshake reviews

3.1

45% would recommend to a friend

(64 total reviews)

Garrett Lord

43% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

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5.0
Jan 14, 2026

Pretty good, boring

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Pros

Good pay, job does not require much expertise in tech, just hard work

Cons

boring, repeated work, learn close to nothing apart from writing prompts for LLMs

2.0
Jan 6, 2026

Not a good culture

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good pay and benefits for an startup

Cons

Workload is insanely huge and they expect you to work all the time and over the weekends. They do a 9-9-6 schedule and people goes to the office even saturdays and sundays.

3.0
Jan 6, 2026

Company culture isn't headed in the right direction

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Solid benefits with flexible PTO Hybrid work schedule Above market base salary

Cons

No bonus structure With their Handshake AI business, work-life balance is almost non-existent

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