Stay far far away - Former Core Team Member Toptal Employee Review

2.0
Aug 27, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Remote work, flexible, decent pay

Cons

When you first start in a role you only see the positive in a company and focus on the good, that doesn't last long here. I've never seen a company who treats their employees so poorly before. They have been letting people go for almost 2 years now, usually not announced, cut benefits, frozen salary increases, even when being promoted, and micro-mange everything you do. The people that are let go has nothing to do with performance but purely cutting costs. Imagine being a consistent top performing team player then one day you've been "re-structured" out of the organization. The management, especially Director level and above, are a bunch of "yes men" to a delusional CEO who thinks his staffing company is a multi-billion dollar consulting company. They only look out for themselves and "do what they're told" by the CEO. Not sure who's writing these positive reviews but I would only take a role here out of desperation and my advice would be to keep looking. They won't care about you so you shouldn't care about them

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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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