Toptal reviews

Zero Work-Life Balance. Don't be fooled by what they sell you in the interview. Management could really care less about what you've got going on in your life despite the claims of great "family like" company culture. Pure lies.

- This isn't a good or interesting company but Toptal keeps trying to convince you they are. They keep telling everyone how elite the team is and how so many companies are dying to work with them. In truth, most of the people that work here are contractors from developing countries and most of their clients are small companies no one has heard of. - Even with that reality, you better drink the Kool Aid if you want to work here. Toptal does not take well to any criticism. Very few people actually like this place but we all know we must pretend to or else risk getting outcasted. - There's a blame culture and some really poor managers. Combine those together and you get a toxic culture. If anything goes wrong, be prepared to be thrown under the bus even if it was your manager's fault. - Almost no one in the tech industry has heard of Toptal and those who have don't think highly of them. Its reputation was destroyed due to screwing over employees and investors by withholding equity. - Their marketing plan is essentially to spam and post fake reviews on every possible website. They've already been banned from a number of sites for this. Just look at some of the reviews here. Most of the positive reviews are clearly gibberish. - The turnover is terrible. Toptal used to list both current and former employees in the company directory. The former employees list was 5 times longer than the current employees list. Looking through that list also showed most people left within a few months of starting. - Many people have already mentioned this but the HR team is terrible. They are completely unprofessional and are basically a propaganda arm of the company.