
"At Dropbox, we're always looking to hire talented people with integrity and grit - characteristics core to military veterans. The focus on recruiting veterans was spearheaded by the company's employee resource group (ERG) Vets at Dropbox. The company also identified specific roles for which veteran applicants would be especially well-qualified. In late 2020, the company launched a recruitment program targeted at career opportunities for veterans. One particular area of growth is employees with past military experience. The company admits that building a virtual-first company is an ongoing process that will have many steps along the way.ĭropbox is committed to veterans and others with diverse backgrounds.ĭropbox is an equal opportunity employer that welcomes employees from all kinds of backgrounds. This means that remote work will be the primary experience for all employees, while the company works on strategies for future in-person collaboration and team gathering either through the company's existing offices or other collaborative spaces that will be called Dropbox Studios and be located where Dropbox currently has offices (San Francisco, Seattle, Austin, and Dublin to start). Understanding that the workforce is changing, Dropbox decided to become a virtual-first company.


Through the years, the company's focus has shifted slightly and today its mission is to build the world's first smart workforce by designing products that reduce busywork and allow its users to focus on work that matters.įor Dropbox, creating a smart workforce means eliminating the need for teams to switch between platforms, apps, and content types, and creating one central digital environment that brings all of their content together for collaboration.Īs one can imagine, creating a smart workforce in an environment that's constantly changing can come with its challenges, and while Dropbox's workforce is over 2,000 employees deep, the company is usually on the lookout for more talent that can help it accomplish its mission.Īnyone who has taken a virtual tour of Dropbox's San Francisco office space knows that Dropbox puts a great emphasis on creative workspaces where co-workers can collaborate, so shifting to a remote workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic was certainly a culture shift for the company.īut despite some challenges along the way, Dropbox continued to deliver on its mission during the shift to remote work, and a majority of employees enjoyed the shift and felt more focused. When Dropbox started in 2007, the company's mission was to give people a simpler way to keep files in sync.

How Dropbox Wants To Change The Workforceĭropbox is a file-hosting service and its online platform allows users to upload and transfer their files to personal cloud storage that they can access and share from anywhere with an account.
