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Handshake is the #1 way college students find jobs. Join today to explore career options, find jobs and internships for students, and connect with employers hiring at your school....

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Cheryl Dell'Osso
No way to stop charges. I have no active jobs and never upgraded a job yet I'm being billed $57 a we

No way to stop charges. I have no active jobs and never upgraded a job yet I'm being billed $57 a week and I can't stop it. You can't get in touch with a person and you can't remove your credit card. This is fraud.

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Date of experience: Feb 23, 2026
Ayesha Downs
There was no information that I was being charged even though the jib posting was inactive and I hav

There was no information that I was being charged even though the jib posting was inactive and I have been charged $168 weekly.The website does not let you cancel without downgrading and there is no contact supoort except for digital asst. very upset

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Date of experience: Feb 10, 2026
Ayesha Downs
wrongful subscription charges

There was no information that I was being charged even though the jib posting was inactive and I have been charged $168 weekly.The website does not let you cancel without downgrading and there is no contact supoort except for digital asst. very upset

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Date of experience: Feb 10, 2026
Angie Ringling
Read the fine print, employers!

They give fine print to the employer that even if you have no jobs posted, you have to "downgrade" your membership in order to not get charged regularly. I have not had a job posted in 2 months, and just noticed they were still charging our company card. They refuse to give any sort of credit since they claim that this is clearly stated but could not point to a place where I could find it to be readily communicated.

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Date of experience: Jan 26, 2026
Kelsey
This company is like a leech

This company is like a leech! I closed a job that I posted with the Handshake Plus. The company continued to charge me for a daily subscription because closing the job doesn't close the subscription in their fine print. That's just another way for dishonest companies to leech hundreds of dollars off of you while not completing any service !

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Date of experience: Jan 20, 2026
Review: Handshake AI – Withheld Pay, False Termination, Later Admitted Error

My experience with Handshake AI was deeply frustrating and, frankly, alarming.After completing tasks as instructed, my account was abruptly terminated. I was given a list of serious allegations:• discrepancies in my credentials• task completion times supposedly 3–4× slower than benchmarks• accessing the platform from a non-US locationI was also told the decision was final and that my completed work was not eligible for payment.None of those claims were true.After pushing back repeatedly and formally raising the possibility of legal action, Handshake AI conducted a follow-up investigation. In writing, they admitted that I was terminated erroneously, apologized, and processed payment for the work they had initially refused to pay.This raises serious concerns:The original termination cited multiple policy violations that were later acknowledged to be incorrect.Pay was withheld until I escalated and demanded accountability.Had I not fought back, I likely would never have been paid.The process felt less like a quality review and more like a pressure tactic — terminate first, see who gives up, and only correct course when challenged.To be clear: I eventually received what I was owed. But no one should have to threaten legal action to be paid for completed work.My advice to anyone considering Handshake AI:• Document everything• Save emails and timestamps• Do not assume a “final decision” is actually final• Be prepared to escalate if your pay is withheldProceed with caution.

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Date of experience: Jan 06, 2026
Blair Kim Moeller
Deceptive practices with no customer service

I subscribed to Handshake plus or pro that charged us $476 per week. After we canceled, it continued to charge us $476 per week. They don't provide a confirming email of cancellation and when I tried to log in to get cancellation history, they deactivated my account so I could not access. The chat function completely misses the queries and there is no live customer service. They respond to emails only and it takes 24 hours to respond. This is by far the worst company I have ever dealt with.

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Date of experience: Dec 17, 2025
SC Muller
Dissatified Employer

Well fortunately I, as an employer, have not be lured into spending money on plus as with zero applicant and the matches they say they have are inaccurate, why would I pay for futher frustration.The sad thing is many universities use them and one cannot advertise a job for students without first going through Handshake. How could so many Universities be so mislead?

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Date of experience: Dec 10, 2025
Michelle M
horrible they charged me doubled the…

horrible they charged me doubled the amount of money for absolutely no service. They are deceptive and irresponsible. Even reckless with your information. Be careful doing any business with them.

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Date of experience: Dec 08, 2025
Phuong Crawford
This company is 100% a SCAM!

I would select negative stars if I could. They upgraded our account to Plus without our permission or knowledge, then proceeded to charge us for three weeks in a row AFTER we closed the job. When we reached out to customer service, they proceeded to describe the most ridiculous, illogical cancellation procedure I have ever run across in a business.To stop all charges, you need to1. Downgrade the upgraded job on your Subscriptions page2. Then downgrade the associated slotYour Plus subscription will only be fully canceled once all upgraded jobs and slots have been downgraded.Conveniently, none of this information is readily available ANYWHERE on the platform. But more importantly, the fact that WE NEVER UPGRADED OUR ACCOUNT makes it rather impossible for us to have known that anything needed to be downgraded! The company has refused to provide us a refund and has been quite unconcerned with the OBVIOUS SCAM they're running.

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Date of experience: Dec 01, 2025

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