Toptal reviews

3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(756 total reviews)
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Taso DuVal

61% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

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).

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756 reviews
2.0
Aug 30, 2020

It's a successful company but with a toxic culture

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Pros

- Joining a company that's succeeding it's always a big perk. Anyone who joins would be attaching themselves to the "story of success at Toptal" - Remote work can be life-changing for many, especially to those outside of the US - There are some areas in the company where you can learn from people who are the best in their field - for example, Growth Marketing and Enterprise Sales

Cons

- Please google "Toptal The Information" to read an article about the drama between the founders. It's a dramatic story that signals how toxic can be to work with the CEO. - If you want even more details, including testimonies of a former employee, please google "jason calacanis toptal" and you will see the famous investor Jason Calacanis going for over an hour about Toptal and its CEO. - The company has high employee churn, especially for a remote company. Some of the people that left were not great, of course. However, plenty of good leaders left too. I believe over 80% of the people who report to the CEO have joined in the last 12 months.

1.0
Mar 6, 2020

Watch out for fake reviews.

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Pros

Job seekers: you should assume that many of these positive reviews are falsified or inaccurate. Read the negative ones carefully and ask direct questions in your interviews.

Cons

Shockingly bad people/HR practices... some of the worst I've seen in my career. - mediocre pay - no bonuses - no options - no professional development offered or funded - no equipment budget: you supply your own computer, desk, and any other gear out of your own pocket - no employee retreats, travel budget and so forth - no anniversaries or birthdays observed - no diversity & inclusion. The CEO is anti-diversity. - no confidential feedback: the People team will share anything you tell them with whomever they feel should see it - no fun! Employee happiness is tracked using a pulse NPS survey which is not anonymous. If you answer with anything lower than a positive score, you have to then take a meeting with the People team where instead of hearing your concerns, they push back against all of them and take nothing into account. Massive brain drain is happening now. Anyone smart is leaving for greener pastures and lots of other remote companies are offering much better benefits.

2.0
Aug 1, 2018

Heartless

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Pros

Work from home. Co-workers are amazing people from all over the world.

Cons

Zero Work-Life Balance. Don't be fooled by what they sell you in the interview. Management could really care less about what you've got going on in your life despite the claims of great "family like" company culture. Pure lies.

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