Toptal reviews

- Management, quite chaotic, they hire & fire people constantly which results in a lot of fluctation in the teams - Most of them have no or just very poor soft skills - Teams are restructured quite often - CEO Taso is sometimes quite naive (employees make jokes about him in private channels, there is no trust) - No support to improve your skills (they expect you do it all in your spare time) - There is a culture of blame and fear. If you make a mistake, people will shout at you. Please read the other low rated reviews to get an impression of how it is to work with the core team. For me, I would never recomment Toptal mainly because of the management and the CEO.

Where to begin…. Toptal is the dragon’s dungeon. You are so enamoured by the cave initially but once inside will be consumed by the dragons (these people being very incompetent middle managers and the People team). Never have I seen such blatant disregard for individuals. People hide behind their laptops (pretending to be working very hard when they are clearly offline) then logging on for team meetings to share their two cents worth. These people are then promoted. The “All style no substance” kind. The best and smartest people have unfortunately left now. Some just disappear mysteriously without a trace and no explanation given by anyone. Most of the positive reviews come from the freelancers NOT the core team (and a few fake ones from HR). If you’re a smart person who is going places, just don’t waste your time. There are so many better places out there!