Loving my time at Handshake! - Software Engineer Handshake Employee Review

5.0
30 Mar 2021
Recommend
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Pros

The interview process was great, from culture fits to tech challenges that ranged in complexity and time limits to a little bit of "whiteboarding", no matter how nervous I was, the humans were epic! They made sure I felt welcome and like I could ask any question I needed to. I love my work life balance and I am enjoying the remote work with my team. There is time for asynch work as well as meetings with folks all across US time zones. I've seen people say they are swamped and need more "head down" time and these requests are honored! So far, it is a collaborative environment where learning is honored and I love it!

Cons

Thus far, I haven't found any

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Pros

Work at your own pace.

Cons

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2.0
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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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