Great place to work, but post-employment support fell short - Director of Design Toptal Employee Review

3.0
Aug 11, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Talented, global, and inspiring team — some of the best professionals I’ve worked with. - Fully remote culture with great tools for async collaboration. - Clear processes and high standards that help you grow as a professional. - Opportunities to work with leading global companies and challenging projects.

Cons

- When facing personal challenges, initial flexibility and support were appreciated, but expectations quickly returned to a very high bar without much transition time. - The Performance Improvement Plan felt rigid, with limited margin for recovery if targets were missed even briefly. - Promises of post-employment support and re-entry into the Toptal Talent Network were not followed through as clearly or effectively as discussed. - Post-exit, the process to rejoin as a contractor was disorganized, with repeated profile changes and little proactive guidance.

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5.0
May 28, 2026
Recommend
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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.

Cons

I don't find any Cons for TopTal Freelancer Platform

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Toptal Response
3w
Thank you for your positive feedback. We appreciate you taking the time to share your experience.
1.0
Jun 1, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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
3w
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