Company Updates

Our Dropboxers love working positive change in their communities. In fact, last year alone, their donations supported over 1,500 causes. And we love seeing them get together every quarter on Impact Day to lend a helping hand. Their hearts might even be bigger than our data storage capacity—and that’s saying something!

What’s it like to be a female leader at Dropbox—particularly in engineering? In celebration of Women's History Month, we chatted with Nicole, Rachel, and Susanne to learn a little more about how they’re thriving in Virtual First, what diversity in the workplace means to them, and how they feel they have a voice as a female engineer.

Dropbox has been named on FastCompany’s Most Innovative Companies of 2022 for how we’ve reinvented the traditional office and workday to work better for our people. Virtual first and core collaboration hours were mentioned as unique and intentional approaches to support our employees, and we agree!

“Being a Black woman in engineering… I wanna make sure that the culture of a company will support me.” - Just in time for Women's History Month, Head of Software Development Engineering in Test (SDET) Nicole Barton shared a little about her experiences in tech and why she’s chosen Dropbox as her career home for the last few years in a new video.

Being #BlackinTech has never been easy. For Alinane Changa, it’s sometimes meant facing microaggressions and masking her true self at work—but more recently, at Dropbox, it’s meant feeling appreciated and welcomed as she steps into her power. In honor of #BlackHistoryMonth, she shared her journey on her LinkedIn. #LifeInsideDropbox #Diversity #WomenInTech

Do you tend to say “yes” to everything, or do you have a tough time hearing “no”? Being aware of your default boundary patterns can help you improve them. Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll take you through the four steps to help you stay well, prevent burnout, and respect others’ boundaries—starting with identifying your archetype here: https://bit.ly/3oSTMnP

Last year, as we celebrated #BlackHistoryMonth in a #VirtualFirst world for the first time, our BlackDropboxers ERG brought the spirit of the month to our homes with custom-designed Zoom backgrounds—and they didn’t slow down this year either. Centering on the theme “Claim What’s Yours,” these beautiful backgrounds feature inspirational quotes to help us focus on facing our challenges with grace, courage, and love. You can download them to use in your own meetings here: https://bit.ly/34PYrj7 #LifeInsideDropbox

Once again, Dropbox is proud to be included on America’s Best Employers 2022 list by Forbes! We’re so grateful for the Dropboxers that make our company and culture amazing—a place where people of all backgrounds, experiences, and walks of life can come together to build the future of work. You can learn more about the criteria Forbes used to rank us and view the full list here. #LifeInsideDropbox

How long are you willing to wait for an app to load before you give up and exit out of it? We all expect our apps to jump into action at the click of a button, and Dropbox is no exception. So we set out to improve our Dropbox Android app start time by 30%; you can learn exactly how we succeeded in reaching that goal at dropbox.tech. #LifeInsideDropbox

Each year as we ponder our theme for #BlackHistoryMonth, we are humbled to witness a world in which the Black community still faces inequalities in the education system, justice system, the U.S. workforce, and more. If we are going to overcome these barriers, it’s essential that we stick together and advocate for each other. Follow along for behind-the-scenes glimpses, as we celebrate this year’s theme “Claim what’s yours” throughout the month. #LifeInsideDropbox