BEWARE! Not Impressed with Sales (BDR —> AE)! - Anonymous employee Toast Inc Employee Review

1.0
20 Nov 2019
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Plenty of beer from the keg in the Pub!

Cons

I wouldn’t recommend joining this company as an SA/BDR (or AE) for a few reasons: - Compensation isn’t generous compared to many other tech companies in Boston! Side note for AE’s - Toast recently “experimented” with shrinking territory sizes without telling AE’s or even their managers. Toast brags about how amazing its culture is, but secretly cheating employees of their hard work is unacceptable. If you’re alright with being a lab rat and not being able to make rent or buy groceries, Toast is the place for you! - A real “frat bro” culture - if you’re not into that, good luck! - Any concerns aren’t addressed seriously by management! Also, lots of the BDR managers are former BDR’s who only held the job for one year. One year isn’t long enough to develop “world class” management skills. - Looking to move into a role after this position - compensation isn’t good for internal hires. Moreover, Toast is all about hiring AE’s from outside the company. BDR’s turned AE’s haven’t been performing well for the most part. Good luck getting promoted to AE, spots for internal hires are limited!

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Toast Inc Response
6y
Thanks for taking the time to write a review. I’m sorry to hear that we let you down with your overall Toast experience. With hypergrowth comes a lot of change. We’ve been working really hard to continue innovating and iterating on our processes, and I’m sorry if this has made you feel like a “lab rat.” I, along with the rest of sales leadership, care deeply about the team’s growth and development, which is why we’ve continued to invest in onboarding, training, and internal mobility offerings. We’re also working hard to make sure that the culture across the sales org is inclusive of everyone. While we do offer a variety of free snacks and beverages to all employees, drinking is by no means an expectation for socialization. I’m always open to hearing feedback on ways that we can continue improving the Toast experience. If you feel comfortable sharing more information, I welcome you to reach out to me directly on LinkedIn or via email. I wish you all the best in your future endeavors. - Aman Narang, President & Co-Founder

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Pros

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

Cons

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Toast Inc Response
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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
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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