Overpromise and underdeliver - Anonymous employee Toptal Employee Review

1.0
6 Sept 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

None that I can think of

Cons

Simply a horrible company. About half the people I started with were gone less than a year after joining. Many of my former co-workers don't even bother listing Toptal on their resume. For those considering Toptal as way to get into tech, don't do it! This is NOT a tech company. Most of your work will be boring repetitive tasks that do not build any useful skills. Toptal likes to fire people with no warning. It's an unprofessional way to do business and has left my team scrambling to figure out how to continue projects with no heads up. There's been a lot of complaints about the CEO. However, a lot of the exec team either condone his behavior or are too weak to stand up to him. The HR team is particularly slimy. They basically hit every negative HR stereotype you can think of.

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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.

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Toptal Response
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Thank you for your positive feedback. We appreciate you taking the time to share your experience.
1.0
1 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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
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