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Dropbox

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Dropbox reviews

3.9

67% would recommend to a friend

(1,623 total reviews)
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Drew Houston

54% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.5

Compensation and benefits

4.2

Work/Life balance

4.0

Culture & values

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Career opportunities

3.2

Senior management

Dropbox has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,623 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Dropbox employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.6 stars).

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Reviews by job title

2K reviews
5.0
Sep 25, 2012

Incredibly welcoming with a huge learning curve.

Account executive
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Amazingly intelligent coworkers - Ingenuity - Freedom to be creative - Wonderful support system - Drive to work hard - Well compensated in terms of perks, benefits, salary, etc.

Cons

- We are not yet fully taking advantage of PR--we have an amazing product, one that is better than any other in this industry but we don't rebuff attacks. We need to focus more on this. Brand image is half the battle.

5.0
Aug 8, 2012

Great people and fun culture make for a fantastic place to work.

Software engineer
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Biggest pro: the people here are all top-notch and highly motivated, which helps motivate me to do great work too. Many engineers are graduates from top-tier CS schools, or are ex-Google / ex-Facebook. The people here are all easygoing and a lot of fun to hang out with. Culture here is second to none. A lot of autonomy and responsibility is given to the engineers for day to day work. A couple times a year we have a hack week where every engineer at the company is free to work on whatever they want.

Cons

The company is still really small and lacks some of the infrastructure you'd expect at a larger place. There aren't yet any set tracks for career advancement, or mentorship for personal development, which some people may not like.

5.0
Jun 29, 2012

There's no better place to be.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Without a doubt the most intelligent coworkers you'll ever have. - Genuine focus (almost to a fault) on maintaining and refining company culture of passion, innovation, and fun. - Extremely tight community - Gratuitous amount of trust -- every employee gets ambitious projects and has a voice in high-level decisions, no matter their role. - A flat heirarchy allergic to bureaucracy and micromanagement. Very rarely need to ask permission for anything. - The company is extremely generous and not afraid to spend money if it means happier employees. - The compensation package (pay + equity + benefits) really can't be topped. - Working on something that's legitimately good for the world yet still has tons more potential.

Cons

- A heavy focus on iteration means that many projects often ship a bit slower than we'd like. Spending 99% of the time on 1% of the details, while romantic, often results in more time and frustration than it's worth. - Not hiring fast enough -- most functions are painfully undermanned (still only one iOS developer). - Perfectionism and being undermanned often lead to many late nights and work over weekends. - Heavily engineer-driven company means that other (non-eng) roles need to compete over time and resources.

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