Brilliant people, complex business, hard work - Anonymous employee Handshake Employee Review

5.0
18 Apr 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The people are truly incredible. Smart, kind, passionate about the mission, and inspire each other to go above and beyond. Not only do you look around and are proud of your teammates, but there is real community and camaraderie built across many teams. The business model is smart, unique and defensible, this is not your average point Saas solution which makes the problems harder, but also more interesting. There's been meaningful progress made against the mission while growing the business YoY, not many startups can claim that. Leadership is in the work and in the details, because they actually care about driving outcomes. Having leaders that are willing to roll up their sleeves and do the work can be intimidating and intense, but I prefer it to having leaders who are above doing the work. Handshake can be intense, chaotic, fast paced and hard work, but is equal parts fun, rewarding, fulfilling and a career catapult.

Cons

The business is complex, and every win is hard fought. The business & its success is very tied to the ebb and flow of the economy.

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Pros

Work at your own pace.

Cons

Task limit when new to project.

2.0
12 Jun 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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