Composite score
58.5
rank #6 · cuts
#6 Cut. Headcount down 6% over the last 90 days.
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Headcount
4.0k
-4.0%
90d change
-6.1%
Funding events (90d)
0
2 all-time tracked
Layoff events (90d)
0
headcount + trends: LinkedIn-tracked weekly series · funding & layoff counts: through Jul 2026 (frozen) + live news extraction
Signals
source: PDL v25Inferred revenue
$1B-$10B
PDL estimate
Revenue / employee
$1.4M
midpoint ÷ headcount
12-month turnover
13.8%
within typical band
Average tenure
3.3 yrs
long — sticky culture
Time since last raise
5 mo
recent raise
Hiring flow · Dropbox
source: PDL v25Headcount by role
12-month growth · PDL v25Engineering
1,267
-1%
Operations
191
+3%
Product
162
-2%
Marketing
148
-7%
Fulfillment
143
-6%
Support
139
-9%
Analyst
124
-5%
Human Resources
107
+3%
Other
363
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In the news
relevance ≥ 6 · last 180 days- DecryptHeadline2mo agoDropbox Security Breach: Hackers Access Accounts Through Authentication Flaw
Article is entirely about Dropbox security breach affecting ~5000 accounts via Lenovo ID authentication flaw.
Events
Funding · post ipo debt · $400M
5mo ago
Funding · post ipo debt · $700M
1y ago
Layoff · 5.61% (190 roles)
Departures in 2024-11: 233 vs 6-mo baseline of 42.5 (5.48× spike). Derived from PDL.
2y ago
Layoff · 3.52% (132 roles)
Departures in 2023-05: 164 vs 6-mo baseline of 32.5 (5.05× spike). Derived from PDL.
3y ago
Layoff · 3.53% (136 roles)
Departures in 2023-04: 168 vs 6-mo baseline of 32 (5.25× spike). Derived from PDL.
4y ago
Layoff · 4.39% (154 roles)
Departures in 2021-01: 207 vs 6-mo baseline of 52.5 (3.94× spike). Derived from PDL.
6y ago
Score history
2026-10-19
58.5
rank #6
2026-10-12
54.7
rank #6
2026-10-05
53.8
rank #9
2026-09-28
40.5
rank #8
2026-09-21
34.7
rank #19
2026-09-14
31.6
rank #21
2026-09-07
32.8
rank #14
2026-08-31
35.0
rank #20
2026-08-24
37.5
rank #20
2026-08-17
35.7
rank #20
2026-08-10
20.5
rank #20
2026-08-03
22.5
rank #25