Great company, HORRIBLE undermanagement - Anonymous employee Toast Inc Employee Review

2.0
24 Jan 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Super successful company - All the resources you want

Cons

You know how they say: employees don’t leave their jobs, they leave their managers? From the get go expectations weren’t laid out at all: What I’ll be doing, what my day to day will look like, what is expected of me as a professional, what metrics I’m being measured against. Im a noob so I didn’t find this particularly concerning. Looking back now, I will think twice before taking a job if the job laid out in front of me isn’t clear. There’s a phrase they use here: “limited management oversight.” This seems to be a ploy to undermamage. As a manager, you need to measure performance actively. You can’t just be MIA the entire month or quarter and just show up at the end and tell me I didn’t do anything right.

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Toast Inc Response
6y
This was a tough one to read, but I appreciate you sharing it. We need to hear this feedback in order to make the employee experience better. I’m sorry that you’ve felt undermanaged, with unclear expectations about performance in your role. Hypergrowth can definitely present challenges as the needs of the business continuously evolve, but that’s no excuse for how you’ve been feeling. I would love to connect and better understand your situation so that we can make it right. If you’re comfortable, I encourage you to reach out to me directly via email or through OfficeVibe. - Annie Drapeau, CPO

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Cons

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Toast Inc Response
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We’re delighted to know you’re enjoying your time at Toast. Thank you for sharing your review!
2.0
26 Jun 2026
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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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