Negociating an IC3 offer, what’s the morale at Dropbox right now? Are still ppl from G/F joining recently? Heard bad things, like lots of good engineers jump ship recently.
Stay away, bro. Don't want to sound too negative, but Dbx isn't place to be right now. Product isn't exciting and everyone know that, stock going down, etc.
I had IC3 offer in storage infra (magic pocket) but ended up declining as there wasn’t any interesting work happening in that area. Lately the focus seems to be more on product side.
@LinkedIn right? Imagine how we felt when we lost steaks everyday after IPO and then lost them at all replaced by pork and two vegan options after move to new office.
Not sure what u mean with “the trend” but we just moved into a brand new office, the place is beautiful. Just came out with a new product called the new dropbox that focuses on the enterprise customer. Some engineers have left but we have replaced them with other great engineers. The old leave and opportunities are opened for others.
How do you feel when you disseminate company propaganda to pad your own pockets? When did you stop being a person and become a mouthpiece for your company? At this point, aren't you just a propaganda machine?
I don’t know what that dude is smoking, but attrition is higher than it’s ever been. Entire divisions have been liquidated, and senior management removed without explanation. There’s no innovation, and growth is anemic.
Joined from Google a while back. Regret it. The sub comment is correct. Many from Microsoft, much fewer from Google. Facebook is bleeding engineers like crazy so if you have burned out at FB maybe worthwhile to consider. If you’re from Google, stay fucking put. You won’t be able stand a sinking ship run by morons who are misleveled, lucky MIT undergrads who are on the in, and middle managers from low tier companies (Cisco, etc.) and sinking stock price. Top management is clueless on strategy (they traded one clown who was the CTO for another General Manager who is full of shit recently). Morale is bad. Common sense is uncommon in technical discussions.
I did have a weird interview experience there few years ago. My interviewer was either autistic or the biggest jerk ever. Then I looked him up and saw he was a MIT grad who graduated at age 16 or so.
Similar experience a few weeks ago. Phone screen for Senior ML position. They put a kid 2 years out of CMU to conduct the interview. Halfway through the kid wants to go "technically deeper". Half of the things I mentioned, he had never heard before. He started asking me to educate him about standard terms. In the end he "wasn't sure" and wanted me to have a 2nd phone screen. In the meantime I had told them I had expiring offers and on-sites with G and Apple already scheduled.
I don’t understand the confusion - it’s minority relative to the company’s current workforce, not the world.
It’s as you said, if women make up 50% of the total population, it’s odd if they only occupy single digit percentages of tech and leadership positions.
YES.... they do... I went to an onsite with them in February , 3/5 interviewers just assumed that I wouldn't be able to answer the questions correctly, very condescending overall. I believe I did pretty well, the recruiter sent me a rejection email 3 weeks later, without any feedback or anything. In the other hand, Google was the opposite, even Amazon was better. Looks like their "latino/immigrant" quota was already met.
Op what's your new TC offered from Dropbox? Keep in mind that stock refresher here is worse than FB. And if you are already at 330, I doubt IC3 offer can be a lot better than what you already have.
How does 1yr cliff work? Will you get 1st year shares at the end of year? If you get it as soon as you complete 1st year, its ok... else, first year salary would be base+sign on only
Pros: - AMAZING WLB. Truly, the only company that respects that. Unlimited PTO and great perks. I put in ~30-35 hours (or less depending on workload) and am able still to get “exceeds” ratings on my reviews. this combined with such a great time off/wfh policy makes the company unbeatable in WLB. - Great comp (with competing offers). At IC3 easily 380ish TC (or more) - Fun people. They hire really great culture fit and I’ve made many friends that have lasted past the company. - the gym. seriously, if you even workout a little bit the gym is insane. It competes with equinox and is really great
Cons: - stock price dropping, which kills morale and ties directly to your comp - some teams are mind numbing boring (I’ve switched teams a couple of times), avoid growth like the plague - future product vision is unclear - there’s a direction but not quite sure how we’ll get there
Neutral: - new office is fine. some are complaining due to location in dog patch, but honestly, you can’t have it all. At the end of the day, it’s huge, has great food and still is in the city. Beats commuting to South Bay and living there
I’d avoid paper and growth imo. infra is still pretty amazing and fun. I’d join infra enjoy it for a year and see what happens
Sure it has a chance. I’d give it more than 50% chance of going “up” but you gotta take into account the **risk-adjusted** return amortized annually and compare that against other choices. Me personally would buy FB over DBX even at current valuations for example.
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It’s as you said, if women make up 50% of the total population, it’s odd if they only occupy single digit percentages of tech and leadership positions.
Pros:
- AMAZING WLB. Truly, the only company that respects that. Unlimited PTO and great perks. I put in ~30-35 hours (or less depending on workload) and am able still to get “exceeds” ratings on my reviews. this combined with such a great time off/wfh policy makes the company unbeatable in WLB.
- Great comp (with competing offers). At IC3 easily 380ish TC (or more)
- Fun people. They hire really great culture fit and I’ve made many friends that have lasted past the company.
- the gym. seriously, if you even workout a little bit the gym is insane. It competes with equinox and is really great
Cons:
- stock price dropping, which kills morale and ties directly to your comp
- some teams are mind numbing boring (I’ve switched teams a couple of times), avoid growth like the plague
- future product vision is unclear - there’s a direction but not quite sure how we’ll get there
Neutral:
- new office is fine. some are complaining due to location in dog patch, but honestly, you can’t have it all. At the end of the day, it’s huge, has great food and still is in the city. Beats commuting to South Bay and living there
I’d avoid paper and growth imo. infra is still pretty amazing and fun. I’d join infra enjoy it for a year and see what happens
She turns a blind eye to dishonesty on her team (she seems to hire/promote for it) and bullies anyone who gets in her way.