Great mission and product—poor leadership, planning and trust across the board. - Marketing Handshake Employee Review

2.0
19 Oct 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

There are some really great talent at the company along with a strong mission and fantastic product and ecosystem.

Cons

Leadership doesn't really know what they're doing in terms of growth, revenue and how to plan for the future. The constant changes in narratives, goals and scaling makes it really hard to work in this environment. There's also a strong lack of trust across teams and things are always very political when it comes to division of work and ownership. Roadmap planning for most teams are also nonexistent—they expect you to execute and plan within the same quarter with close to little to no resources and support from cross-functional teams.

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Handshake Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts. We recognize that there has been a lot of change at Handshake over the last year, and we know that it can be hard to work amidst so much change. We are aiming to have more stability in 2024 to enable our teams to focus on their work and their goals, which we also hope will allow for better roadmapping across our teams.

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