Great company culture and tech, but Chennai leadership needs serious attention - Software Engineer Toast Inc Employee Review

4.0
Jul 19, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Excellent compensation and employee benefits — including lunch, cab, wellness leaves, insurance, and stock options - Up-to-date tech stack with a strong focus on modern frameworks and tools - Management supports staying current with tech trends and encourages continuous learning - Access to AI tools and platforms to boost individual productivity and career growth - Overall, a great place to work if you’re aligned with the right team and location

Cons

- The Chennai office has experienced significant attrition due to recent local leadership changes - Some new leaders have created a toxic environment by frequently undermining and disrespecting the efforts of the existing team - Morale has dropped sharply as multiple experienced contributors have been pushed out or felt forced to leave - Communication from certain individuals in local leadership has been consistently demotivating and unprofessional, with public criticism that borders on personal - There appears to be a power dynamic where a few individuals have formed a clique, creating an unhealthy working environment for others

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5.0
May 28, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

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

Cons

Can feel hard to move within the company as opportunities don't open up often for specialist to move upwards

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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
Recommend
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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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