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Pros
Smart people, collaborative & social culture (in 26 reviews)
Respectful of your work/life balance (in 12 reviews)
Cons
Typical high growth startup growing pains (in 27 reviews)
Work life balance could be better (in 12 reviews)
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"Wonderful place to work"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Dropbox full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
High impact projects affecting millions of users. The technical challenges are immense, and there are many interesting product problems to tackle as well.
Cons
Dropbox can be a chaotic place to work. You have to be able to work with others and manage your time well in order to get anything done.
Dropbox 2017-08-09 09:04 PDT![Dropbox Logo]()
"Partner Account Manager"
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Pros
Great culture, 3 meals a day with amazing perks. Really inspiring people to work with.
Cons
Management in the sales org are struggling. People are continuously leaving the org.
Advice to Management
Build out a more robust sales organization with more transparency.
Dropbox 2017-09-11 12:46 PDT![Dropbox Logo]()
"Great people and great times"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Dropbox full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
Amazing culture, amazing leads, amazing food and benefits. People really care about you as a person and all seem to be enthusiastic about their work and the role they play in making it an awesome place to work.
Cons
Not great career mapping within recruiting, as there doesn't seem to be a clear vision as to what the possibilities for ones career is. I do believe this is coming soon. The Global Head of Recruiting is learning on the job. They give an impression that they don't really care about technical recruiting and that we are just laborers working to hit a number so they can get a promotion and a bonus.
Advice to Management
Don't avoid the Technical Recruiting side of the house. It honestly feels like you don't care at all, and I am not the only one that feels this way.
Dropbox 2017-08-11 22:30 PDTHelpful (2)
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"Good company, needs to mature though"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Dropbox (More than a year)
Pros
Great benefits, an amazing culture of respect and fun. Salary is good.
Cons
Grow opportunity is limited. I think the company focuses more on its own growth compared to the growth of its people. Too much politics in the management level.
Advice to Management
Set clear goals for the company and stick to it. Stop changing direction and mission every 3 moths.
Dropbox 2017-07-28 06:42 PDT![Dropbox Logo]()
"Great culture, greater people"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Dropbox full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Great product, amazing perks and culture of people who are extremely intelligent and always happy to help one another succeed.
Cons
Constant moving pieces, tough industry
Dropbox 2017-07-31 17:05 PDT![Dropbox Logo]()
"Strategic Territory Manager"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Dropbox full-time
Pros
Awesome people to make for an awesome culture
Cons
The food is unbelievable, but watch out, you will gain weight
Dropbox 2017-07-12 15:36 PDTHelpful (2)
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"Great culture, authentic"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Dropbox full-time (More than a year)
Pros
People feel real and leadership team cares and is very transparent.
Cons
Some folks have an entitled mentality. Decisions can be tough to get through ranks of leadership.
Dropbox 2017-06-29 10:44 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Amazing people"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Dropbox full-time
Pros
An amazing culture founded on amazing people. Brightest people I've worked with, coupled with autonomy and a very caring culture that lets you bring your entire self at work.
Cons
Grew quickly and with that, comes growing pains. Depending on the team, there are different more or less experienced managers.
Dropbox 2017-07-13 13:29 PDTHelpful (7)
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"Miserable conditions"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Dropbox part-time (More than a year)
Pros
It's a well known company that will look good on your resume when you leave, which you will want to do as soon as you start.
Cons
1) managers have no respect or concern for the welfare of their employees
2) the product is a nightmare - it's coded like something 10 years ago and no one cares - they just want to sell this crap as quickly as possible to as many lemmings as they can find to increase their user count, which they think will drive up the IPO price
3) customer support? are you kidding me? What a nightmare. It's not just that it's impossible to get support - the customer service agents actively share what should be confidential files and information from a user account when that user writes in with a complaint. I have regularly seen protected information shared among staff members
4) you'd better be in the clique or else there is no opportunity for career advancementAdvice to Management
pack it in. bigger and better cloud sharing services are already eating into your market share and the utter contempt and disdain you show for users and employees is going to come back and bite you.
Dropbox 2017-07-20 13:29 PDTHelpful (4)
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"Lots of smart people to work with and learn from"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Dropbox full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Great place to work as product manager. Smart people to challenge your thinking if you are looking for constructive feedback. Dropbox gives PMs the opportunity to focus on why a problem is worth solving rather than just focus on churning out features.
It is at a great size where the PM team is large in the sense that there are a lot of great folks to learn from, but small enough that you will likely know all other PM's and can really scale your impact.
More importantly, the co-founders and the executive team really cares about broader issues such as diversity and respecting people from all background. Great perks when it comes to food, insurance, maternity/paternity, wellness etc.Cons
Will have to figure out a way to transition from a single product company to a successful multi product company for long term success.
Dropbox 2017-06-05 17:26 PDT
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