Great individual teams, Terrible Leadership - Anonymous employee Toptal Employee Review

2.0
May 1, 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There are some great people who work here. And the fully remote environment does provide good flexibility in work/life.

Cons

Terrible C-suite leadership. Many people have pointed out the CEO so I won't say much except to agree with those comments. I will add the Chief People Officer to this list. She is extremely sexist and nepotism is huge with anything she is involved in. Not someone you could ever depend on to treat anything impartially or fairly. They used to have good benefits, but I've been told most of those have been removed since I last worked there.

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5.0
Jul 1, 2026
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Pros

Toptal has been my favorite place to work so far! • The flexibility of remote work is amazing. • I’ve had the chance to work with fantastic clients. • The internal team is supportive, talented, and a pleasure to work with.

Cons

Sometimes it can take a bit longer to find a new engagement if you’re looking for opportunities in Asian time zones. In my experience, Europe and the Americas tend to have more opportunities and faster matching.

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1.0
Jul 3, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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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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