Super good work life balance and flexibility. Great comp, or at least before stock plummeted.
Leadership doesn’t know what they’re doing. No investment in really anything. Big bet is really poorly built and kind of embarrassing. Not a sexy company or product anymore, but for some reason, leadership still expects you to sell it without any compelling reason for a customer to buy.
Curious to know how long does it take for new hire to get from IC2 to IC3 in dropbox YOE 3 TC 200
Hey folks, Curious how you’re comp changed when you got promoted? I’d love to understand
what’s best for new grads? TC: same 220k Wlb: same Prestige: Google Promotion: Dropbox promote faster ? what I care about: TC and promotion
I have two offers considering right now. Please leave your honest comment for which I should take Personal thought: DropBox: good culture, better comp, maybe more scope, ownerships, responsibilities, but not really feel safe about future business. Google Cloud: Big name, good culture ( at least ...Read more
I have an offer with DropBox and Facebook both TC: $445k At Amazon I’m currently making $430k, with the goal that I’m submitted for L7 principal promotion next year Thoughts on next steps? Pros/cons? Biggest struggle is leaving an opportunity to get promoted #amazon #dropbox
What is the speed of promotion for non-tech roles? Which of the following companies is the best for promotion/career growth in a non-tech role? - Square - Apple - Dropbox - Uber - Airbnb - Facebook - Twitter - Amazon
Been at Amazon for a bit over 2 years and was able to get through the Dropbox interview and get an offer Amazon L5 TCT: 220 TC after stock appreciation for the next 2 years: 250 Dropbox IC2 150/225/40 Yoe: 10 My current job at Amazon is fairly low key, good WLB, easy on call. However kind of bor...Read more
Please evaluate below offer from Dropbox IC3. Location: Seattle YOE: 8 yrs Current TC: 215k with stock appreciation Amzn Dropbox Offer: 220 / 550 / 80 TC: Year 1: 470k (with 80k joining) Year 2: 420k (with 120k/4 refresher) Year 3: 450k (with 120k/4 x 2 refresher) Year 4: 480k (with 120k/4 x 3 ref...Read more
Happy New Year! Im now having an opportunity to join Dropbox mountain view office as a software engineer. As a new grad, should I stay in SF hub? How are the teams, food, promotions, new grad activities in MV office? thanks! TC: 174k YOE: 0
So, I’m at MSFT now as SWE 1. I saw a Dropbox job offer that I was interested in. My skills matched (I’m not saying I’m 100% to get it, but I’m pretty optimistic) My manager pushed my promotion for September. Should I wait If I get promoted to SWE 2 and use it in my advantage for switching jobs? Or...Read more
I’m currently L62 SWE with 4 YOE all at MSFT in Seattle TC: 200k I received an IC3 (senior) offer from Dropbox (remote in Seattle) with this breakdown 225/600/50. 15% target bonus for meets expectations. 1st year TC: $459k (includes 50k sign on) Recurring TC: $409K MSFT countered with a promoti...Read more
What’s the path to IC4 promotion at Dropbox? How difficult is it and how fast can you do it from IC3? Is IC4 Senior or is IC3 also Senior? I got an offer for IC3 but I was expecting IC4
My dropbox appointment is coming up next week and I am worried that I submitted my DS160 6 months back with three information got changed recently - US Home address got changed, got a promotion with title & base salary changed. Do I need to get another Dropbox appointment or submit new DS160 or no a...Read more
I left Facebook a couple of years ago to pursue an "exciting" role that didn't really pan out (not where I'm working now). I've just wrapped up final inteviews with Uber (Seattle office), Dropbox (Austin office), and to return to Facebook (Austin office). Assuming I get offers from all three, any a...Read more
Amzn Current SDE3 Yoe- 11yrs TC-295k (with stock appreciation) recently got promoted. Additional stocks on promotion is <;peanuts Location: Seattle (DBX is virtual first now so doesn’t matter) FB Offer -E5 SWE - they already mentioned this is the max for me TC: 195 / 600 / 80 I know FB can give
I know I just posted one yesterday, but the Twitter final numbers came back much lower than what the recruiter said it was going to be (was targeting $400k + 50k sign on) despite using the Dropbox offer to compete. Twitter and Dropbox are both full remote, SoFi is hybrid. Location is Seattle. Twitt...Read more
YOE: 3 (excluding internships, summer contracts, and work before university) Location: Canada (not willing to relocate) Hi! I recently got an offer from Dropbox, so I should think about negotiation. Current role: Amazon SDE2 TC: 213k CAD (not including the stock price dip) + 3 weeks vacation Drop...Read more
In this hypothetical, if a “dying” company offered you good WLB, a 30%+ TC increase and a promotion from your current role at another company would you take it? Not trying to throw shade, but the company that prompted this thought is Dropbox. I think it’s a great company, that offers good perks and...Read more
We all know that Amazon has a forced attrition policy of cutting the bottom 6% of engineers, and that one of them attempted suicide recently. Which of the following companies have a similar policy of terminating a certain percentage of engineers in cycles, or once someone has been at a certain leve...Read more
I'm an L3 at Google who's been here for 1.5 years. I was supposed to get promoted this cycle before I got fucked by HR. This led to me interview externally, as I'm tired of waiting for an L4 promo I should've gotten >; 6 months ago. Right now, I have an offer from a hot pre-IPO company for about