Does Handshake pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Handshake employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Handshake. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Handshake?

50% of Handshake employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Handshake 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Handshake?

Account Executive (2) , Manager (2) , Sales Development Representative (SDR) (2) , Software Engineer (2)

What are the pros of working at Handshake according to real employee reviews?

"They do a great job recruiting ambitious people." ((in 6 reviews)); "We have a great leadership team." ((in 3 reviews)); "Great changes to leadership and good vision for the future" ((in 3 reviews)); "Flexible, Good pay, remote, consistent" ((in 2 reviews))

What are employees saying about Handshake redundancies in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Handshake redundancy and their outlook for job security at Handshake in 2026.

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3.4

50% would recommend to a friend

(30 total reviews)

Glen Coates

67% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.3

Culture and values

3.3

Work/Life balance

3.3

Compensation and benefits

3.1

Senior management

3.1

Career opportunities

2.9

Diversity and inclusion

Handshake has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 30 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 Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

30 reviews

5.0

28 May 2026

Flexible remote work with good pay, but unpredictable times

Freelancer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Flexible, Good pay, remote, consistent

Cons

Dry spells, time management, unpredictable

5.0

8 May 2026

Strong leadership with clear goals

Onboarding specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

leadership team, clear goals, comp

Cons

early to the space, fit

1.0

22 Apr 2025

GTM is screwed

Sales development representative (sdr)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Has a strong foothold of the early-talent market, holding contracts at 90% of universities in the uSA

Cons

Quotas are unrealistically high, leadership has been getting swapped in and out constantly. Handshake is a nice-to-have, whereas LinkedIn Talent Solutions can do what Handshake does while simultaneously capturing the entirety of the hiring market outside of early-talent. In fact, we ironically do most of our SDR hiring (cough cough entry level job) on LinkedIn.

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