Lost faith in upper management to make the right decisions - Sales Toast Inc Employee Review

2.0
Apr 30, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Used to be one of the best companies

Cons

-Below market average base salary -Unrealistic expectations put on employees (unless you want to eat breathe sleep Toast) -Heavily political with who gets rewarded and recognized -Managers who are too young with zero management experience are running teams with aggressive micro-management tactics. This has eliminated the possibility for career growth individually and fed this mindset that employees are never doing good enough. Truly a toxic setup. -Lack of respect for their employees

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Toast Inc Response
6y
This review was really tough to read, but I fully appreciate you taking the time to share this feedback .We’ve built our culture and values around the themes of empathy, collaboration, hospitality and inclusivity and I’m disappointed that your experience did not reflect these values. We’re far from perfect but have been working hard to improve upon many of the areas that you mentioned in your review, particularly work-life integration and manager development. I’m proud of the progress that we’ve made, but I know we still have work to do. Our recent layoff was incredibly difficult and impacted many talented toasters. Operating through this type of change is hard and supporting our employees remains a top priority. I can see from the details of your review that you’re no longer at Toast, but as always, I welcome the opportunity for additional conversation, so please feel free to set up time with me. Thanks again for your feedback.- Jonathan Vassil, SVP/GM SMB

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Flexible hybrid work, great culture working for the company, benefits and pay is pretty good as well

Cons

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Toast Inc Response
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We appreciate you sharing a candid review with us. We’re delighted that the culture and benefits are resonating with you. We'd recommend reaching out to your People Success Partner to discuss your feedback further.
2.0
Jun 26, 2026
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Pros

The benefits and health insurance are amazing and the company culture as a whole is very positive. It was a pleasure to work with almost everyone I met in my time there.

Cons

Lower management, especially for care teams, deeply lacks integrity. Retaliatory practices, lack of communication, and failure to adhere to their own policies are very common behavior depending on who your manager is. The inconsistencies across what is expected from leadership are profound and it is disappointing how much this can derail your career trajectory at Toast. It’s also very difficult to help customers at times, as Toast is notorious for launching new products at customers and providing little to no support to agents that are then expected to troubleshoot using sparse or nonexistent resources and absolutely no training. Cross-collaboration with teams that occasionally intersect is also very challenging, particularly Sales/Onboarding and Care. There were many instances where sales and onboarding specialists set customers up with false expectations of the product, which leaves care teams to deal with the aftermath.

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