A Software Company that Focuses on the User - Software Engineer Dropbox Employee Review

5.0
Feb 6, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

We focus on making the users life simpler and are trying to build a company that makes money because people pay us for what we offer, which is fairly unique in this day and age where most companies are focused on eyeballs to show ads. We also solve challenging technical problems at scale both on the client (large amounts of personal data, in fast low resource clients, across a wide variety of platforms) and in our backend (large amounts of data, mostly unique per user). And when we build things we strive to build them correctly. Both because we're protecting data that is precious to our users, but also because we believe in quality and things just working for our users. Benefits, time off, etc are all world class; but they're not the reason you should work here. The reason to work here is the focus on the user, the focus on quality, and solving hard engineering problems.

Cons

The company is growing fast, and growing causes pain. Medium term goals change more often than at a big company or than they would if it was a less competitive space since we're always trying to balance being nimble without getting distracted. It's part of the fun, but it can take a little to get used to.

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5.0
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Pros

Excellent benefits and smart colleagues!

Cons

Constant strategy change and work about work.

2.0
Jun 12, 2026
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Pros

Benefits: - Personal wellbeing allowance - Annual performance bonus - Equity - Internet & cell phone reimbursement

Cons

Very little room for growth. No real sense of job security due to the constant layoffs. Execs chase the latest and greatest trends, only to abandon projects halfway through. There’s no real sense of leadership or direction—where’s the company headed? What’s the actual goal of [xyz] project?

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