Pros: The culture is great. The people at Dropbox really care about doing right by their users, all the way to the very top, and it shows. You can sit down at a random table at lunch, introduce yourself, and meet some new people. And it's great that Dropbox's products make money by selling the product to the users -- it's not an advertising or data mining business model where there's a strong tension between what the users want and what the customers want. This means that while working at Dropbox, you can really focus on just making the best experience possible on products that are enormously popular. While Dropbox isn't really a startup anymore, the office environment is pretty fun, and it feels like they've done an excellent job of scaling up the business while still keeping a great culture. This wasn't the case a couple years ago, but Dropbox today is very family-friendly, a huge supporter of women in engineering, and an all-around great place to work.

Cons: Dropbox offers less vacation time than many of the other hot companies in the valley (though it offers more than the Oracles and Ciscos of the world).

Pros: Great benefits: unlimited PTO, insurance, a perks allowance of $1750 per quarter to spend on basically anything, 8 free therapy sessions per year, and 6 months of parental leave for parents with newborns. Fully remote, and they let you set your own schedule outside of core collaboration hours. Amazing work-life balance. Work is interesting and challenging. Top pay for all roles. Management and team members are great to work with. Optional offsite events to meet your team every quarter. Very clear structure for promotions. Diverse group of coworkers.

Cons: They usually pay new hires more than people who get promoted internally for the same level, which is not unusual in the industry.

Pros: Smart people. Good food. Less meetings.

Cons: Lots of work. Busy management.