Dropbox Employee Reviews

Acknowledge people with the work they did not just with hollow empty slogans but actual reward during comp time. Mgt need to trim the fact of a few black sheep veterans who don’t know anything and lead with zero credibility and handson skills. A real anonymous survey instead of the Soap neede

Creating accountability for middle managers, empowering the people they hire to make decisions vs tops-down mandates. Creating a culture of transparency and directness.

Designing things for humans and getting actual feedback rather than unquestionable top down mandates

Review from Engineering Dept

Preventing sexism and horrible culture

Direction and making hard decisions to scale Dropbox to the next level

Comp should based on impact made, not on if you say yes to unreasonable requests from mgt

So much of the compensation is tied up in sales targets that are unachievable by design. Your salary is basically a hoax

Inclusivity & empathy towards those not "typical" is chronically lacking

Review from Engineering Dept

Launch a discovery by third party firm to really hear employees pain points in the trenches rather than a few mgt who are out of touch and can not accurately represent their teams

There needs to be more accountability to keep middle managers productive, instead of making them messengers of tops down mandates. There are several extremely problematic managers that are going unchecked.

Tackle rampant sexism and stop treating people like they're just their sale target

Mix up experience levels and stop bringing in so many overpaid outsiders who talk a good game but don’t do any real work. Still not large enough nor have the systems to effectively get all the day to day work done

work life balance, workload balance amongst the team, some people work 9-5, some people work more than 9-9, train middle managers to be better, hire PEOPLE managers who will care about their teams, less politics

There are many toxic and unethical hiring practices where decisions already made prior to wasting team’s time from nepoti

All the ingredients exist- resources, smart people, and a strong core product. Leadership needs to delegate decision-making and put it all together.

Untrained, complacent management that will smile and nod and make you feel good just before you go fall flat on your face

Review from Engineering Dept

Super toxic environment where everyone is terrified

Executives in finance are all out for themselves. Sets a bad tone. Not reflective of Dropbox culture and because we are now public there is a lot of micromanagement in the wrong areas

less politics, better managers, better work life balance, hire people leaders who care about their team