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      Toptal

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      Toptal reviews

      3.8

      73% would recommend to a friend

      (756 total reviews)
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      Taso DuVal

      61% approve of CEO

      58% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Toptal has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 756 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Toptal employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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      756 reviews
      1.0
      Apr 1, 2021

      Toxic culture, no diversity, very toxic and naive management (plus CEO)

      Software developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Please note: A lot of positive reviews are fake reviews written by Toptal employees or Toptal community. - Remote culture - Possibility to work with experienced developers (depends on the team) - Some developers are helpful - Ambitious team and company goals

      Cons

      - Management, quite chaotic, they hire & fire people constantly which results in a lot of fluctation in the teams - Most of them have no or just very poor soft skills - Teams are restructured quite often - CEO Taso is sometimes quite naive (employees make jokes about him in private channels, there is no trust) - No support to improve your skills (they expect you do it all in your spare time) - There is a culture of blame and fear. If you make a mistake, people will shout at you. Please read the other low rated reviews to get an impression of how it is to work with the core team. For me, I would never recomment Toptal mainly because of the management and the CEO.

      1.0
      May 25, 2022

      A cautionary tale…

      Anonymous
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Remote and fairly flexible working Pay is OK but variable amongst the same group An interesting model with value to the market

      Cons

      Where to begin…. Toptal is the dragon’s dungeon. You are so enamoured by the cave initially but once inside will be consumed by the dragons (these people being very incompetent middle managers and the People team). Never have I seen such blatant disregard for individuals. People hide behind their laptops (pretending to be working very hard when they are clearly offline) then logging on for team meetings to share their two cents worth. These people are then promoted. The “All style no substance” kind. The best and smartest people have unfortunately left now. Some just disappear mysteriously without a trace and no explanation given by anyone. Most of the positive reviews come from the freelancers NOT the core team (and a few fake ones from HR). If you’re a smart person who is going places, just don’t waste your time. There are so many better places out there!

      2.0
      Feb 27, 2018

      Be careful what you're joining

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Fast moving, always changing, new economy, very good at branding

      Cons

      Leadership, culture, compensation, benefits are poor, it's really hard to get up in the morning.

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