Great WLB, remote, mostly interesting work - Senior Software Engineer Dropbox Employee Review

5.0
Sep 7, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Great WLB, unlimited PTO is actually unlimited Great pay, especially for remote & the excellent WLB. You can get a little higher elsewhere but nowhere I know of has as good a culture "Virtual first" = remote 99% of the time with travel 2-4x/year, works great for me. Offsites are just like work vacations and are almost more for team bonding than productivity. Very very low chance of RTO since we have no offices anymore. (You can book on-demand desks in many locations though) Good benefits - perks allowance, mega backdoor Roth 401k, decently cheap healthcare Good transparency around compensation, promotion cycles, etc

Cons

Product velocity can be slow, but higher-ups try to speed up work by arbitrarily saying we need to halve our timeline right after layoffs and without a clear plan. Leadership is becoming more transparent with planning farther out, but the chill vibes from last year have still morphed into more pressure from leaders to move quickly. Slow stock growth Leadership has cut some benefits recently, like perks allowance (7K->5K), parental leave, monthly company PTO days 401K match of $6K is less than other top-tier software companies

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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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