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Culture isn't great for minorities

Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Dropbox for 4 years
December 20, 2016
San Francisco, California
3.0
Doesn't Recommend
Pros
  • Super smart engineers
  • Great product design team
  • Fantastic perks and location
  • The founders are down-to-earth and relatable
Cons

There is an ever-prevalent sense of entitlement throughout the engineering org.

Lack of basic social skills; people don't believe in greeting others in hallways.

Inexperienced and egoistic managers have caused a lot of damage and attrition in the past year.

If you are a person of color, you may not exist for the rest of them for a long time (I am not a person of color, but I noticed the bias against my colored co-workers).

There still exists a "boys club."

Career growth and mentorship is limited.

Don't work at Dropbox if you are a Product Manager or want to become one in the near future. The attrition rate in the PM org is huge, and the lack of mentorship is appalling. Lots of unhappy PMs.

Advice to Management

Fix management issues, and you will attract long-term, experienced employees. Engineers have many options in Silicon Valley; nobody wants to work for jerks!

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