Toptal reviews

Everyone keeps a good face about the company until you start working here and seeing what’s going on and talking to people. There’s a fear across the company of layoffs or being ridiculed by the CEO. We post articles on LinkedIn about companies who do layoffs making an example of them and how they haven’t grown the right way then turn around a week later and do layoffs across the company. The Unlimited PTO policy is BS for the most part - holidays aren’t included in the PTO and you can’t go over 35 they say - so really not including holidays you get 20 days or so. Sales practices are very questionable and the whole model has flaws that I won’t go into. There’s some really good leaders - but also many bad ones. Pay is also very very low - no company bonuses - no equity because it’s a private company

The benefits and pay were below average. Toptal’s salary is 20% below what most tech companies offer. They offer no bonuses, 401K match, or equity. I had to even pay for my own computer, internet, and any other tech I needed. Despite being told by HR how Toptal was one of the hottest tech companies, very few people have ever heard of this place. The people who knew of Toptal mainly had a negative view due to the CEO’s reputation. This made finding another job more difficult. The company is uber cost focused. Management tries to spin decisions for other reasons but it’s usually due to keeping costs down. Most employees are from developing countries. Spun as we identify the best talent in the world. Real reason is they can be paid less and get no benefits. Also unlimited vacation is spun as allowing flexibility. Real reason is so they don’t have to pay people out for unused days. Likely related to the above but the tech used here are really poorly designed. Rather than using 3rd party tools, Toptal tries to have their tech team design in-house options. Unfortunately, what ends up being created is usually really bad. Poor people managers across the board. Toptal has a lot of turnover so people are often put in manager roles without proper training or experience.