Poor leadership the higher you go in the hierarchy - Senior Engineer Toptal Employee Review

2.0
Jan 30, 2024
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

- Amazing talent network and savvy engineering team - Compensation is good if you are living in a third-world country

Cons

- For specialized engineering positions, compensation feels very outdated - Poor C-Level decisions - The push to meet their "hidden" employer performance metrics, makes you run in circles trying to meet expectations while leaving the important job that should be targeted, unattended. - Layoffs are brutal, you don't even get a performance review or a call with HR. Your access is just cut off.

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5.0
May 28, 2026
Recommend
Business Outlook

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.

Cons

I don't find any Cons for TopTal Freelancer Platform

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Toptal Response
3w
Thank you for your positive feedback. We appreciate you taking the time to share your experience.
1.0
Jun 1, 2026
Recommend
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
3w
Thank you for your feedback. We appreciate you bringing this to our attention, as your input helps us improve.
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