Which company would you prefer to work at? Dropbox vs Twitter

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fqontys

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Jan 15 21 Comments

Heard all mixed feedback/opinions about these two companies:
1. Both of these two allow remote and have decent wlb.
2. Brand prestige are about the same.
3. Neither stock performs well (by far) and neither of them has a very clear future.

So wondering, considering the same TC, which one do you think is a better place to work at?

TC 250k

#career #tech #twitter #dropbox #faang

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  • Twitter
    bobmcjob‎

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    bobmcjob‎
    Neither!
    Jan 15 5
    • Dropbox
      Jyyn36

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      Jyyn36
      Maybe Twitter needs to let people start selling shit
      Jan 15
    • Twitter
      kkjjhh

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      kkjjhh
      Our platform is very poor for e-commerce. Users want to engage on Twitter for breaking current events and entertainment. It really is true that people want a big mix of controversial news, politics, culture critics, etc., in a large part of their feed and this really differentiates user intent / mood / decision-making in a way that makes Twitter much less appropriate for direct e-commerce merchandising. It’s why brands use Twitter more for awareness and audience-building and much less for specific product ads. I think Twitter has many interesting possible paths to grow and monetize the business, but mixing targeted transaction-focused e-commerce ads or seller engagements into the timeline experience is not one of them, no matter how much it might seem like the obvious cargo-cult solution to cherry pick from other social media companies whose products have very different user intent dynamics as related to e-commerce.

      TLDR - if you are already choosing to spend attention on Pinterest, TikTok or Instagram, you are probably open to engage with sellers and merchandising. If you are choosing to give your attention to Twitter, you probably pretty explicitly _don’t_ want to engage with that. The sooner Twitter leaders get this through their heads, the better. But it might be a while.
      Jan 15
  • Dropbox
    esqF07

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    esqF07
    we pay more than twitter?
    Jan 15 2
    • Twitter
      kkjjhh

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      kkjjhh
      Yes, by quite a bit up until just the last few months where Twitter is forced to compete. I think new hire offers are getting close to be even, but lifetime comp at Dropbox would be higher given how Twitter makes promotion super hard, often cuts on bonus, does not pay retention grants after 4 year cliff, and basically just gives COLA raises even for high performers. Dropbox also has a much more pleasant tech stack to work with and Python in production is embraced and supported, rather than constantly ridiculed by a bunch of Scala die-hards.
      Jan 15
    • Amazon
      gwpmyudfq

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      gwpmyudfq
      @twitter 125k annual refresh is not little at all for any company… and any major company can have 4 year cliff issue
      Jan 15
  • Twitter / Eng
    FleetFlot

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    Amazon
    FleetFlot
    Twitter is fine, people just like to complain no matter the company. Pay isn't top of market, though, so getting harder to hire and retain folks.
    Jan 15 0
  • Dropbox
    IkqE30

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    IkqE30
    Dbx wlb seems highly dependent on the team and org. I joined from amazon about 6-7 months ago and my wlb is much much worse here than at amazon
    Jan 15 6
  • Google
    wut22

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    wut22
    TC and offer details please
    Jan 15 2
    • Amazon
      fqontys

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      fqontys
      OP
      No offer from either yet. Interviewing with both. Just seeing people commonly put these two together for referrals / comparisons. Wondering what people would choose between these two.
      Jan 15
    • Google
      wut22

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      wut22
      Cool thanks. Historically I'd have said Twitter. I just don't know how Dropbox will continue growing with so much competition. But Twitter hasn't had any good execution itself and new CEO doesn't really inspire too much confidence yet.

      But otherwise I've heard both companies to have good wlb, good tech and talent and good perks.

      Perhaps it makes sense to talk about all this after you get offer(s)? Like if you get an offer from only one of them, the comparison is kind of moot?
      Jan 15