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Re:Dropbox to cut 11% of its global workforce by danpalmer on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @10:03AM (#25762789)
What were you seeing them for? The article quotes them saying that this cut is partially to allow them to expand some roles. That's not really careless if that's what they're doing.

Specifically they say they're cutting back some kinds of support staff due to office closures, and growing some product roles.

Re:Dropbox to cut 11% of its global workforce by nobleach on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @10:57AM (#25763642)
I was seeing them for engineering positions. (Front end if I recall correctly). As I've mentioned elsewhere though, the release of a significant portion of their workforce as "deadwood" speaks of a company that'll drop you too. These current times are not the best times to say, "hey, come give us a shot, we'll lay you off if things aren't looking so good". People are looking for a bit more stability. I get that Dropbox can't just keep a bunch of people around if it's doing nothing but costing them money. It just looks bad to let people go while still hiring.