Dropbox WLB/Pay Is it really this good

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shahrukh

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shahrukh
Aug 27, 2021 48 Comments

(SORRY FOR LONG POST)

Background:
Moved here 4 months back from Amazon (new SDE-3) and joined at IC3 level. (Left competing FB, Msft and Uber offers)

Amazon TC (newly promoted L6): $320k
FB offer E5: $410k
Msft offer L64: first 2 years $320k with joining cash
Uber offer TC: $400k 5a level

Dropbox offer IC3 (Accepted): $440k

Yoe: 8

Decided to join Dropbox due to all positive reviews about talented engineers, humble nature of people, great culture and WLB and perks



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Current Situation:
I know comparing with Amazon is just setting low bar but man my life is better. Spending good time with family (1yo son) n wife.

Working on some really interesting project in new business, developing customer facing products n learning new tech stacks.

Amazing team mates, no hate no politics just genuinely nice people all around (including manager)

With stock appreciation my current 1st year TC is ~$500k ($450~~ after that with minimum refreshers)

GREAT WLB (cannot emphasize on this enough):
Making top tier money but have good wlb (5-6hr per day work) 10-5-5

Amazing perks, using $7000 for the best things which I would not usually. So in general standard of living went up.

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MY QUESTION:

Is this real? I mean is it true for many folks?
Will the WLB take a hit later ?
I’m already working on high visibility projects but don’t feel the stress that much compared to AWS

Are there other companies out there which is providing such Wlb with so good pay n talent?

#Wlb #dropbox #tech

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  • Uber / Eng
    kgtstb

    Go to company page Uber Eng

    kgtstb
    I’m ~500k at Uber and my wlb/team are great.
    Aug 27, 2021 6
    • Dropbox
      shahrukh

      Go to company page Dropbox

      shahrukh
      OP
      no most companies don’t pay that well. I left couple other good offers coz dbx paid better.

      Also Google definitely doesn’t pay better than dbx have team mates who would vouch for it, but ppl still join G for prestige (stupid ImHO)

      But yes Uber, Airbnb, Pinterest, Snap are some that usually pays same/better than Dbx.
      Aug 27, 2021
    • Uber / Eng
      kgtstb

      Go to company page Uber Eng

      kgtstb
      Big tech companies mostly pay within the same bands. Msft and google are the outliers, but of course a small startup isn’t going to compete on TC in today’s value
      Aug 27, 2021
  • Square
    xfVG02

    Go to company page Square

    xfVG02
    DBX stock prospects are (in my opinion) much worse than any of the other places (except maybe uber). Look at the stock, no volatility and underperforming every other tech stock, it is trading only as a tracker for being bought out by another company (maybe salesforce?) but even then, box is probably a better acquisition. Your comp is high now but I wonder if FB or others won't have higher total comp after 4 years.
    Aug 27, 2021 6
  • NewRelic
    jdueifirnf

    Go to company page NewRelic

    jdueifirnf
    Is Dropbox’s interview process as hard as they portray it online ?
    Aug 27, 2021 8
    • Dropbox
      shahrukh

      Go to company page Dropbox

      shahrukh
      OP
      Sorry the main reason of getting new questions is coz most of our questions leaked online.

      But it is still mainly about concurrency.
      Aug 27, 2021
    • Amazon
      AffM40

      Go to company page Amazon

      AffM40
      Any idea what should I expect in Dropbox Codesignal? Not looking for a specific question but just the type of it (will doing LeetCode help here? )
      Aug 30, 2021
  • Amazon

    Go to company page Amazon

    I'm joining this month. Dbx is a gem
    Aug 27, 2021 1
  • Dropbox
    yoloDBX

    Go to company page Dropbox

    yoloDBX
    Highly team dependent. I’m working my ass off 50+ hours per week probably not including weekends.
    Aug 27, 2021 5