Toast Inc reviews

3.8

69% would recommend to a friend

(1,690 total reviews)
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Aman Narang

78% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Toast Inc has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,690 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Toast Inc employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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2K reviews
2.0
Nov 27, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Great product - Great benefits - Professional development opportunities - Queer-friendly

Cons

A lot of other reviewers here nail it: this job is incredibly territory/manager dependent. No individualized target/goal setting; every new AE has the same quota regardless of territory/market share. Increasing quotas and a recent change to quarterly bonuses made meeting/exceeding OTE feel unreasonably challenging. Low base salary. Expect a grueling workload. Very little work/life balance and unrealistic expectations from management. Hard to take time off because of quota attainment expectations, despite “unlimited PTO.” If you’re prone to burnout, beware. Issues around customer service and customer onboarding often fall on AEs to rectify, and those issues seemed to have been exacerbated after a round of layoffs in early 2024. If you can stick it out and/or wind up with a great territory and a great manager, this could be a lucrative job with great benefits, but you’ll be sacrificing a lot of work/life balance to do it to spec and maximize your earning potential.

1.0
Nov 27, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Remote, hr was nice when onboarding

Cons

People are horrible and misleading

4.0
Nov 26, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

My passion has always been the hospitality industry and working at Toast allows me to keep that fire burning. As an outside AE I have the luxury of working remote 60% of the time. This flexibility enables me to take my daughter to/from school and rarely miss her special moments in and out of school, Overall you find your people over time and feel tremendously supported while building professional friendships. Compensation, benefits & OTE for SMB is reasonable as long as you’re able to preserve some shred of work life balance. Overall I believe Toast improves businesses and the lives of those who use it… it feels good to be a small part of other people’s success. New self managed tools to apply discounts has saved us so much time and helped us learn which deals are good for all parties involved. I’m looking forward to the new training methods coming in January for more knowledge and improved cohesiveness across the sales org in 2025.

Cons

Long days often with hours of time wasted searching for current information/ workflows or workarounds to do what you need : want to do. Management seems to transition every 1-2 years for both positive & negative reasons. Preferably all managers should have held a full time 1yr .+ role for the positions they intend to lead. There is so much time wasted in the first 6-12 months of AE’s coaching their manager on the day to day. 80% of hiccups, errors, issues and support related problems fall back onto Sales. Rules, independent “pilots” and consequences posed as “productivity improvement tools” which add time to the day and killjoy for the majority of independent people vary by region and which manager (district or regional) decides they have cracked the quota crushing code for the next month. This rogue and fly by the seat guidance causes confusion and typically lacks proper testing or support. Often only problems are pointed out while no logical or actual open communication is held to work together to discuss how we attain the solutions. Management heavily focuses on their own monthly goals and not our actual SaaS quota requirements. Territories dictate where you can sell and are all completely disproportionately assigned/ balanced fairly. One person can sit at home and wait for opps to book themselves and cherry pick which deals to close each month, while others are fighting for the bare minimum.

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Toast Inc Response
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Thank you for sharing this review. It is really wonderful to hear all the things you love about being a Toaster and that you can see the impact of your work on the restaurant community. Your constructive feedback around workflows is very insightful. If you haven't already, I'd strongly recommend connecting with your manager or your People Success Partner to discuss these concerns further. Thank you for all that you do to empower our customers!
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