Truly awful company - Anonymous employee Toptal Employee Review

1.0
9 Jun 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Can’t think of too many good things about working here. I have no idea who these folks that write glowing reviews of this company are. The only thing I liked about Toptal were the few friends I met here. We regularly discussed ways to make this company better but all our ideas got turned down by management. Ultimately we all left the company.

Cons

I got recruited here and interviewed with several of the senior leaders. I was told about their amazing future and what great tech they have. Within 1 month of starting, I realized I made a huge mistake. Many of the people I interviewed with left the company. Their CRM and tech were all clunky. This was basically a staffing agency and most of their clients were just looking for cheap labor. There’s no way Toptal was “the future of work.” When I started interviewing with other companies, most had never heard of Toptal. The few that had, didn’t think highly of this place. I now don’t even bother listing Toptal on my profile. Most of their senior leaders and middle managers are in way over their heads. They tend to micromanage because it’s their 1st time leading a team.

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Pros

1. Excellent Pricing 2. Geneue Big and Global Clients 3. Pricing at your Choice 4. Top Class Payment System 5. Job Matcher who listen to you when and where required. 6. Always Real Job not a Job where person working as Freelancer to some international client and post job which you do during your parttime.

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Toptal Response
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Thank you for your positive feedback. We appreciate you taking the time to share your experience.
1.0
1 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

None. Avoid. This is a sinking ship.

Cons

As others have mentioned, the leadership of Toptal is very poor. Constant changes of direction, unstable leaders, a product with tons of competition. They also have extremely high turnover. Even if you get a job here, you'll be looking again in under a year.

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Toptal Response
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