Dropbox
Dropbox Work-Life Balance & Wellbeing
Employees describe workloads as manageable, well-prioritized, and structured to allow real time off. They point to supportive managers, clear prioritization, and effective planning as evidence PTO is respected and modeled.
Employees describe Dropbox as operating within a Virtual First model that’s built on trust, autonomy, and intentional design. They highlight clear collaboration hours, async workflows, ‘walking meetings’, and team connection rituals—like virtual meetups and in-person gatherings—as evidence flexibility is part of daily life. This flexibility helps employees integrate work with personal priorities, strengthens engagement, and opens hiring opportunities beyond traditional office hubs.
Leadership reinforces this by maintaining clear distributed work policies, providing tools that enable seamless collaboration, and training managers to model and support async practices. Additional signals include Built In coverage highlighting Virtual First innovation and inclusion in Built In’s Best Places to Work award (2023, 2024, 2025), recognizing companies with modern approaches to collaboration and balance.
Dropbox supports mental health and wellbeing through Modern Health sessions, focus days, neurodiversity support (US) and Peloton perks (US), demonstrating a strong commitment to employee health and accessible, meaningful resources for everyone. The company also provides a perks allowance showing that wellbeing extends beyond mental health.
Employees highlight encouragement to use resources, focus days, and support for walking meetings as evidence that wellbeing is part of everyday culture.
