I got a new offer from Dropbox for Ic3. Base : 200K Sign on : 40k Stocks : 120K / year Loc : Bay area , California I currently work for visa as Senior software engineer Current TC Base : 112K Stocks yet to be vested : 30k Location - Austin Yoe : 5 years ( approx) How would you rate Dropbox in comparison to Visa. I am on a work visa. So , job security matters to me. I am mainly looking for a change for better work culture and growth. I am also looking to move to California for personal reasons. I am sure California is going to be costlier than austin, but folks in California, do you think the Tc raise justifies that. I also have interviews lined up with Meta and Amazon. How would you rate Dropbox in comparison to them.
Do you mean base 200k instead of TC?
Just updated it , apologies!
TC way too low for Bay Area
Just updated it , apologies!
Stocks are 120k/yr or over 4 years?
Per year. I'm not OP, but I am IC3 at Dropbox.
Stronger base bro with your yoe. Fair offer!
120k RSU over 4 years?
I’d rate Dropbox as higher than either of them providing the TC is the same. Amazon needs to beat the offer by at least 80k for me to maybe consider. 10k for 401k vesting that is pretty much nonexistent, 40k for no refreshers and 30k for the fear of getting PIPed and high probability to have no WLB. And Meta needs to beat the offer by 40k for me, 30k is for paying off my conscience of exploiting people and 10k for bad WLB.
Forgot to mention, extra 40k for Meta if I had kids. That’s for potentially exploiting my kids and the trouble I have to go through to keep them from the social media toxicity
You'd have to pay me more than 30k for the fear of getting PIPed.
dbx wlb is great, i m a junior eng at dropbox and taking ~28 days PTO a year(excluding holidays) work 10-5. Don't expect stock growth.though
Im an ex Amazon and I would rate dbx much higher than AMZN. Your offer seems like on the lower end of ic3 band. Try to negotiate and bring it closer to 400
Dropbox is much better than Amazon. Facebook could be tempting but at least for me I strongly dislike their negative influence on the world
What makes Dropbox better than Amazon? I’m considering the move from Facebook to Dropbox (in security though) and would love to hear more about how it compares.
Pros: No pip culture and much less politics, WLB, smaller size (easier to get visibility and impact across the company), perks, virtual first Cons: slow growth (current strategy may or may not work), not as many teams to switch between In particular, dbx strikes the right balance for me of not being rest and vest but also not burning you out like crazy.
Is that tc supposed to mean base? Otherwise that sounds very low for Dropbox in SF
Just updated it, sorry !