Lots of opportunity, lots of (complex) work - Anonymous employee Handshake Employee Review

5.0
28 Nov 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Completely dominating position in the market we're in, but still a ton of opportunity left. Really strong university partnerships and the beginnings of success in Europe as well. Really smart coworkers and they're starting to be better at identifying lower performers and making sure they move on.

Cons

It's a very complex business with 3 sides with very different expectations and very murky motivations. Partnering with F100 type companies is great, but also they're very corporate.

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5.0
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Pros

Work at your own pace.

Cons

Task limit when new to project.

2.0
12 June 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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