Poor leadership and mass layoffs - Senior Ux Writer Toptal Employee Review

1.0
9 Oct 2024
Recommend
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Pros

- There’s good talent and people within teams - Perks are usually appealing

Cons

- Mass layoffs for the last two years - Toxic leadership, especially from the CEO and People team - Poor planning for teams and functioning - Terrible marketing of products. Products are built and rushed to completion, with poor rollout and marketing strategies. - CEO is toxic and his poor leadership qualities run down management - Stakeholders are extremely controlling and tough to manage - Layoffs are handled insensitively and badly

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5.0
1 Jul 2026
Recommend
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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.

1.0
3 Jul 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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