Google vs Dropbox vs Robinhood

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g43tg

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g43tg
Jul 26, 2021 30 Comments

3YOE, Current TC 180K

Seeking advice on which I should join, WLB + Career + Savings
Please comment on why if possible

Google L3 (Mountain View)
- 220K TC (avg), yearly refreshers
- Down-leveled
+ Great perks
+ Like the team, Good WLB
- Slow promotion culture??
- RTO soon

Dropbox IC2 (Seattle, Remote)
+ 315K first year, 280K subsequent years with refreshers
+ lower tax in seattle
+ Additional 7K employee reimbursement yearly for almost anything
+ Decent team, Good WLB, Great company culture
+ Fully remote, I enjoy remote work
- Company outlook isn't as positive, stocks isn't growing much
- Projects doesn't sound as interesting

Robinhood L2 (Menlo Park)
+ 320K first two years, 300K for the rest
- Refreshers not confirmed
+ Seems to have more impact and interesting projects
- Unsure which team I will be joining, known during bootcamp
- Heard WLB is bad
- Join after IPO, unsure how stocks will perform
- RTO 3 days per week next year

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  • Yelp / Eng
    B.Obama

    Go to company page Yelp Eng

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    Backend developer.
    B.Obama
    L3 at 3 YOE is not exactly downlevel. Given your options, Robinhood seems like the right choice unless you are gOoGlE fanboy.
    Jul 26, 2021 9
    • Yelp / Eng
      B.Obama

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      Backend developer.
      B.Obama
      No need to get offended. I know it's not the best but it's way better than at 5 or 6 YOE.

      It's just my thought anyway. I would have taken it if I were a Google fanboy or if I didn't have other better offers like what OP has.
      Jul 26, 2021
    • Google
      mHar35

      Go to company page Google

      mHar35
      Downlevel or not, personally I focus more on other factors in the offer, especially comp and team/project. I accepted a L3 offer from Google with 3 yoe, the comp though was a standard L4 TC, and the project was exciting. I ramped up quickly and started delivering at L4 level quickly, so promo was easier and quicker.

      At the end of the day, to each his own, everyone values different things.
      Jul 26, 2021
  • Dropbox
    kkQT56

    Go to company page Dropbox

    kkQT56
    Robinhood. It'll be best for career growth and stock has good growth potential. If WLB does end up being really bad you can leave.

    Google isn't worth the downlevel. You won't be doing interesting work as L3 and it'll be difficult to get to L4. Pay is also substantially less.

    Dropbox has lost a lot of its brand and talent. The work probably won't be interesting and career growth is slow. The company doesn't have a good outlook since growth has stalled and leadership hasn't been able to come up with a new strategy or products. The stock is undervalued relative to revenue but stock growth doesn't seem too likely either. There isn't much interest in investing in or acquiring the company.
    Jul 26, 2021 0
  • Dropbox
    droppedbox

    Go to company page Dropbox

    droppedbox
    Dropbox for culture, WLB and pay.
    Jul 26, 2021 3
    • Dropbox
      droppedbox

      Go to company page Dropbox

      droppedbox
      I like to think in 5 year time periods. Dropbox had strong fundamentals and financials for the next 5 years. So not worried about the company going belly up. Our stock price has gone up 40 percent in 2021 because of financials and new strategy (hellosign acq).

      Most of the covid layoff was sales and real estate management etc (not engineers). The sales folks got impacted because of strategy change (enterprise to SMB). Real estate got affected with remote policy.

      Your concern about remote work holds true for any company which hires remote.. you could choose to work for Dropbox in a high cost tech hub if you are worried about job availability.
      Jul 26, 2021
    • Amazon
      nycamzn

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      nycamzn
      Appreciate you giving your perspective!
      Jul 26, 2021
  • Dropbox
    jalebibaby

    Go to company page Dropbox

    jalebibaby
    Dropbox for sure. Stable, great culture, amazing talented people and cannot beat this WLB for this Pay
    Jul 26, 2021 2
  • New
    g43tg

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    OP
    why are there so many people voting robinhood but comments are all saying goto dropbox?
    Jul 26, 2021 1