Nepo at its finest - Software Engineer Toast Inc Employee Review

2.0
Aug 26, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Decent compensation - Decent benefits - Nice work pace - Large engineering presence

Cons

- Don't expect growth unless you're coming from Square or somewhere that the engineering managers worked for before. Nepotism is extremely prevalent here. - You need broad shoulders to carry the blame you'll get when issues arise - Toast will hire less-experienced engineers to elevated positions, and then require the tenured employees to pick up the slack, all while never promoting from within.

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Toast Inc Response
9mo
Although this was a difficult review to read, we appreciate your feedback. It seems you have a lot on your mind. Since your review indicates that you're a current employee, we encourage you to reach out to your People Success Partner so we can discuss these concerns in more detail.

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5.0
May 28, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible hybrid work, great culture working for the company, benefits and pay is pretty good as well

Cons

Can feel hard to move within the company as opportunities don't open up often for specialist to move upwards

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Toast Inc Response
3w
We appreciate you sharing a candid review with us. We’re delighted that the culture and benefits are resonating with you. We'd recommend reaching out to your People Success Partner to discuss your feedback further.
2.0
Jun 26, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The benefits and health insurance are amazing and the company culture as a whole is very positive. It was a pleasure to work with almost everyone I met in my time there.

Cons

Lower management, especially for care teams, deeply lacks integrity. Retaliatory practices, lack of communication, and failure to adhere to their own policies are very common behavior depending on who your manager is. The inconsistencies across what is expected from leadership are profound and it is disappointing how much this can derail your career trajectory at Toast. It’s also very difficult to help customers at times, as Toast is notorious for launching new products at customers and providing little to no support to agents that are then expected to troubleshoot using sparse or nonexistent resources and absolutely no training. Cross-collaboration with teams that occasionally intersect is also very challenging, particularly Sales/Onboarding and Care. There were many instances where sales and onboarding specialists set customers up with false expectations of the product, which leaves care teams to deal with the aftermath.

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