Incoherent strategy, tone-deaf leadership - Senior Software Engineer Dropbox Employee Review

1.0
Aug 19, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Virtual first - it's nice having a lot of flexibility over your work schedule. Lots of smart engineers who are pleasant to work with, when politics don't get in the way.

Cons

* Lack of coherent or consistent strategy from leadership, our company strategy * Cutting benefits, used be industry leading, now below average * One of our "pillars" is "Make work human" but the recent layoffs and cuts to benefits (especially parental leave) make it seem like a bad joke. * Promotions/calibrations is super political, very hard to make progress even if you are excelling in your role * Yearly re-orgs create a lot of thrash, many teams lose whole quarters of productivity due to ramping up on new domains * Teams are force-fed OKRs that end up highly discouraging collaboration with other teams

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5.0
Jul 14, 2026
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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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