How's the attrition rate at your company/org?
A lot of dropboxers have been leaving this year which is really sad. I think my org (dropbox core, engineering/design) has a projected attrition rate of 40% this year if folks leave at the current rate. We have also been onboarding as many folks which is a huge drain between interviewing and onboarding duties... The biggest reasons given were the shift to perm-wfh and slowed career/business growth. And folks are been not as eager to change jobs last year because of covid uncertainty so I think a lot of the attrition was backlog from 2020. This could be like the tech variant of the Great Resignation? I am curious if other companies and orgs are seeing a similar pattern? For new and shiny unicorns like stripe and coinbase probably not. :) #dropbox #attrition
Yep, people coming and going all the time.
I thought dropbox as a great candidate for perm remote and good TC with WLB. Business growth might be concern for some but stock has been pretty good this year.
Yea I can say that the move to perm wfh made a lot of (rly good) ppl leave but also pulled in a lot of new ppl...I think we are at risk of being understaffed to meet our interviewing demands. We've started to use online assessments instead of phone interviews.
Is Dropbox permanent wfh?
yes, it's a virtual first company now.
Yup. It's happening everywhere.
When mgrs take ppl for granted over sustained periods of time this happens. Also funny that Lyft thinks return to office is no biggie on attrition. It's ironic because they are aggressively expanding in Mexico and Kiev instead soooo i guess the writing is on the wall. Taxi company through and through.
mexico and kiev sounds like a ukrainian consulting company I worked with in the past .. does lyft use contractors?
They do but they are hiring FT now. They started an office in Mexico City and acquired a startup in Kiev and are hiring FT there.
outside of ge+ at fb you can always get more by jumping unless the stock has gone crazy and also there’s the whole remote thing
A lot of it is due to the expansion of remote jobs meaning I no longer have to leave my east coast state to work at some of the top tech companies on the west coast
3 people from my team left and I am leaving next month. The only ones remaining in my team are my manager and a new grad. Lol
It's high. People are reassessing what is more important to them: WFH, WLB, and etc.
OCI is seeing accelerating attrition of top talent due to grind and lack of vision.
I can confirm. Good engineers are leaving