Hire many people and fire them later - Anonymous employee Toptal Employee Review

2.0
Oct 8, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Many good professionals; The payment is not bad; Good structure.

Cons

They hire a lot of people for a certain team and those people are generally new, only have months working there. Where are all the people who worked there before? They were cab be very cruel with terminations; It looks like like you don’t have many opportunities to grown. I say that for people who actually will work for Toptal, not the freelancers.

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Cons

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1.0
Jul 3, 2026
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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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