Does Toptal pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Toptal employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Toptal. This rating has improved by 6% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Toptal?

73% of Toptal employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Toptal 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Toptal?

Software Engineer (99) , Senior Software Engineer (88) , Freelancer (47) , Product Designer (35) , Software Developer (22) , Full Stack Developer (21) , Communications Specialist (16) , Product Manager (14) , Project Manager (13) , Account Manager (12) , Front End Developer (12) , Sales Engineer (12) , Frontend Developer (11) , Senior Software Developer (11) , Engineering Manager (10)

What are the pros of working at Toptal according to real employee reviews?

"You can learn and meet great people" ((in 68 reviews)); "The job is fully remote and good salary." ((in 65 reviews)); "You'll be working with top clients and global brands all over the world while earning a good pay." ((in 58 reviews)); "Great culture and values." ((in 51 reviews)); "An all round great team to work with." ((in 47 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Toptal according to real employee reviews?

"Frequent layoffs contribute to low job security and necessitate regularly assuming additional workloads and adapting to new practices." ((in 39 reviews)); "No benefits since you are a contractor you receive when you work and that is it." ((in 29 reviews)); "Terrible management, ceo." ((in 20 reviews)); "No paid time off Not Sustainable on the long run" ((in 7 reviews)); "Upper management is a bit shady at times." ((in 6 reviews))

What are employees saying about Toptal layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Toptal layoffs and their outlook for job security at Toptal in 2026.

Toptal reviews

3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(756 total reviews)

Taso DuVal

61% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

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Toptal has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 756 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Toptal employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

756 reviews

4.0

Apr 12, 2016

Good for part-time

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Can set your own rates, access to a lot of clients, payments made easy. Very nice for part-time work!

Cons

Have to keep looking for contracts, no benefits, hard to achieve salary of a full-time U.S. based programmer.

Toptal Response

9y

Toptal was designed to give developers around the world the freedom to live the life they want doing the work they love. We actually do have many extremely successful full-time, US-based members of our network. We recommend you check in with the engineers on our matching team to get some best practices for making Toptal more successful for you.

5.0

Apr 11, 2016

Life changing!

Sales engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great pay. Great team. Great managers. 100% Remote You can literally work from anywhere in the world No micromanagement This is by far the best job I've ever had.

Cons

Did not see any..

Toptal Response

9y

Thanks for your review, we’re thrilled that you consider Toptal the best job you’ve ever had! We know there will be many more exciting opportunities as we grow, and we look forward to having you on the team while it happens.

5.0

Apr 5, 2016

Best team to work with ever

Director of engineering

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The team of people I have the opportunity to work with is definitely the best team of experts I have ever worked with. The communication is direct, clear, and the team gets things done quickly and efficiently.

Cons

I cannot really think of cons at the moment, this is currently the best position I have ever worked at.

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