Pros
Remote work. No traveling. Potential for quick promotion given high turnover rate. Some friendly junior people. Not too much else.
Cons
This place is embarrassingly bad. It's not so much that it's just a poorly run company. It's that some of the execs and recruiting team think this is actually a good place to work. I've seen recruiters tell candidates that Toptal is the best talent company in the world without a hint of irony. That's right, Toptal, a company with crazy turnover, no name recognition, below average pay, and managers who are now resorting to openly begging people on LinkedIn to apply here is trying to market itself as the best talent company in the world. No wonder it's lost 3 CMOs in 2 years. Here's the truth about Toptal: Toptal does not have elite talent since its pay is not competitive against top companies. Toptal has sued more employees than given them equity. You can look it up and confirm if you think I'm exaggerating. Toptal isn't a unique company. There are countless places that basically have the exact same business model including 100% remote work. There are no company holidays here. You need to be approved for any day you take off. A lot of people end up working major holidays. HR mainly exists to protect the CEO's ego. Internally, any negative feedback is followed by a meeting with an HR rep to discuss how you're wrong. Externally, HR focuses on inflating its ratings. Just look at how many one sentence 5 star reviews here consist of everything is great and there are no cons.
