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Senior Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Dropbox for 1 year
August 1, 2022
5.0
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Pros
  • Big enough to not be worried that it's all going to collapse soon.
  • Small enough that suggestions sometimes get a response direct from the CEO.
  • Early and strong adopter of remote work.
  • Money is reasonably competitive.
  • I haven't yet experienced any sort of "crunch time" or pressure to work outside of normal hours.
  • Friendly, helpful co-workers.
  • Commitment to diversity and inclusion feels relatively genuine (there is visible real effort, rather than just checkbox mandatory trainings).
Cons

Interview load (spending time interviewing new hire candidates) is a bit much (more than at Google).

On-call rotations are relatively noisy, frequent, and don't come with extra compensation (and are an exception to the "pro" of no pressure to work outside of normal hours! But it's usually like 5-10 five-minute interruptions, not a lot of extra time, just annoying).

Internal documentation could be better (you have to rely on asking friendly, helpful co-workers more than you ought!)

Advice to Management

My opinion is that the "deep dive" interview is the most time-consuming of the interview types and provides by far the least valuable signal. Just ditching it would make sense to me (maybe keeping it for managerial candidates).

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
5.0
Culture and Values
5.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
5.0
Career Opportunities
5.0
Compensation and Benefits
4.0
Senior Management
5.0

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