Pros: Great engineering talent. You would invariably work with smart colleagues who are not only technically good but also good to work with. Almost all engineers I have interacted with are humble, collaborative, yet technically sound. I believe Dropbox does something right with respect to their hiring process to weed out candidates that do not align with Dropbox values. Good compensation and perks. The virtual-first perk, on top of good compensation, is a great addition. Also, I really appreciate the one day a month company day that started during the pandemic, but we have stuck with it as employees appreciate it a lot. Few teams have good engineering problems to solve. Flexible/remote working. Since going remote-first, Dropbox pivoted quite early to re-tailor all their processes, whether it's onboarding, learning, or collaboration, to be virtual-first. This has helped set clear expectations and processes, as compared to some companies which are hybrid and have to deal with the ambiguity of which one to go with.

Cons: - Management communication to employees can be better. - Dropbox is a 10+ year old company. Over the period, it went through a phase of creating everything in-house. Now, management is addressing this by adopting more agile tools and frameworks.

Pros: Top-tier pay. Left offers from Facebook and Apple since DBX gave a better offer. Dropbox was able to beat my Microsoft pay by almost 100% (same level). CULTURE CULTURE CULTURE. The biggest selling point of Dropbox is super friendly coworkers and teammates. I have not met a single rude person in my last year, and I mean not even raised voice rude. Everyone is very helpful and tries to help as much as possible. Work-Life Balance. I really don't understand how a company can pay so well and still provide such great work-life balance. Sprints are very well planned, and there are no weird questions about why something will take 2 days instead of 1. Because of this, everyone is very honest. There's an ample amount of company-sponsored PTOs, plus we have unlimited PTOs, and people do take 30-35 days of PTO per year. Impact of Work. Given this is a pretty small company, you actually get to work on stuff that can have a great impact. People who want to deliver faster and move ahead are rewarded well. The company really cares about impact delivered and rewards well for it with good bonus cash and stocks. The new higher management seems more aggressive, and that's what we need at Dropbox. There is enough potential but no push, which is changing for good reasons now.

Cons: People avoid hot/uncomfortable discussions. It is really important to talk about metrics, failures, and whether things are working or not. I see a lack of retrospectives, and some people are just too chill and in rest-and-vest mode. The stock price didn't move for a long time after the IPO but recently started catching up (60% up since last year), so we have to wait and watch.

Pros: Good culture, WLB, and pay.

Cons: The company is kind of bureaucratic.