Nice colleagues, horrible leadership, stingy financially - Sales Toptal Employee Review

2.0
Apr 20, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Great team culture for remote company. Ability to work remote. Good training. Nice and supportive managers (for the most part)

Cons

Pay isn't great. The company is pretty stingy with their commission percentage. They are even stingy with the stipend for the tech stack they provide. Considering they have very little to no overhead you would think it would be the opposite. CEO is a narcissist. They have company wide meetings and half of the company dreads them because they have to hear him speak rudely to everyone. Folks internally will ask him questions at meetings and he'll either ignore them or give short and rude responses if it's a question her doesn't like. Recently did pretty big layoffs because they over hired. Overall, I would not recommend working here.

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5.0
Jul 1, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Toptal has been my favorite place to work so far! • The flexibility of remote work is amazing. • I’ve had the chance to work with fantastic clients. • The internal team is supportive, talented, and a pleasure to work with.

Cons

Sometimes it can take a bit longer to find a new engagement if you’re looking for opportunities in Asian time zones. In my experience, Europe and the Americas tend to have more opportunities and faster matching.

1.0
Jul 3, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Met some good dedicated employees and freelance workers.

Cons

Lack of any real industry solutions or capabilities since 100% of delivery services are freelance contractors. Model has been successful as providing staff augmentation to clients, but all intellectual capital and outcomes are owned by the clients or the freelancer. Toptal is simply a staffing platform broker who marks up the freelance talent. Great if you need a plumber, but not if you're planning to build a bathroom.

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