Toast Rewards Hunger (good and bad) - Anonymous employee Toast Inc Employee Review

2.0
26 Apr 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Toast is what you make of it. It rewards the bold and casts out all else. If you can stomach stepping on colleagues to get ahead then you will reap the benefits.

Cons

Very competitive atmosphere. Huge lay offs that affected senior employees but not new hires. Very political environment. Leadership is new to leadership positions and still learning how to manage. Asks a lot of employees for very little compensation and rewards. Plays on humanity of employees as empathetic to restaurants and squeezes employee efforts dry.

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Toast Inc Response
6y
This was a tough review to read and certainly doesn’t reflect the experience that we hope our employees have at Toast. Based on the details in your review, you’re a current employee, which means there’s an opportunity for us to connect and make this a better experience. The recent layoff was incredibly difficult and operating through this type of change is hard. We’re here to support you and all employees as we navigate what’s next, so let’s please keep an open dialogue. Please continue to share your feedback with us either by connecting with me directly, your manager, your PSP or through our feedback tool, OfficeVibe. - Annie Drapeau, Chief People Officer

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Fantastic company culture and excellent, full support from a highly collaborative cross-functional team that genuinely wants to see enterprise deals succeed. Overall, it is well inclusive and supportive company culture.

Cons

Rapidly changing product landscape can occasionally make cross-functional alignment a bit complex.

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Toast Inc Response
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We truly appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts! It's fantastic to know that you’re enjoying your time at Toast. We're proud to have Toasters like you driving our success!
2.0
26 June 2026
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Pros

The benefits and health insurance are amazing and the company culture as a whole is very positive. It was a pleasure to work with almost everyone I met in my time there.

Cons

Lower management, especially for care teams, deeply lacks integrity. Retaliatory practices, lack of communication, and failure to adhere to their own policies are very common behavior depending on who your manager is. The inconsistencies across what is expected from leadership are profound and it is disappointing how much this can derail your career trajectory at Toast. It’s also very difficult to help customers at times, as Toast is notorious for launching new products at customers and providing little to no support to agents that are then expected to troubleshoot using sparse or nonexistent resources and absolutely no training. Cross-collaboration with teams that occasionally intersect is also very challenging, particularly Sales/Onboarding and Care. There were many instances where sales and onboarding specialists set customers up with false expectations of the product, which leaves care teams to deal with the aftermath.

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