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Rest And Vest, Company Rotting

Senior Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Dropbox for 2 years
May 4, 2023
San Francisco, California
3.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Excellent pay, excellent benefits, quite a small company with a large footprint. Lots of strong and passionate people.

Cons

Everyone knows that Dropbox is failing, and you'll quickly see why. Drew (CEO) has no idea how to run a company at scale and has hired toxic and incompetent executives. Management success comes from mimicking those executives. The company is rotting from the inside.

Constant reorgs, chasing after the latest flavor-of-the-month goal. Now we've started doing layoffs to go with the reorgs.

The only way to be happy at Dropbox is to give up on doing a good job and find a place to rest and vest.

Advice to Management

Stop using waterfall development; it's not the 80s anymore. Next time there's a DX survey, you should lay off the executives and senior managers who get the lowest ratings.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
2.0
Culture and Values
2.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
3.0
Career Opportunities
2.0
Compensation and Benefits
5.0
Senior Management
1.0

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