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Dropbox Cuts About 200 Jobs as New CEO Ashraf Alkarmi Reshapes Strategy
Dropbox co-CEO Ashraf Alkarmi told employees on October 28, 2026 that the company would lay off about 200 people worldwide, 9% of its workforce, across engineering, product development, design, and administrative departments.
Reporting from 2 sources: ASCII.jp, GIGAZINE.
Why it matters
The cuts land five months after Andrew Houston stepped down and Alkarmi took the CEO role, so the first real test of the new strategy is a smaller team and a departing technology chief.
Key Facts
- Dropbox announced layoffs of about 200 employees, 9% of its worldwide workforce, on October 28, 2026.
- Co-CEO Ashraf Alkarmi notified employees of the reduction, which spans engineering, product development, design, and administrative departments.
- Most affected employees have October 28 as their last day of work.
- CTO Ali Dasdan will resign effective November 18.
- Reuters estimates the layoff cost at 27 million to 33 million dollars.
Most affected employees have that day as their last. CTO Ali Dasdan resigns effective November 18. Reuters estimates the layoff cost at 27 million to 33 million dollars.
Severance is 16 weeks of pay plus one week for each year of service, with a prorated lump sum for employees in the bonus program. Laid-off staff keep their Dropbox-issued laptops, mobile devices, and desktop peripherals.
Alkarmi framed the reduction as a reallocation, not a rescue. He said the company is profitable and has grown this year, and that the two-year strategy calls for serving more business workflows, reaching large enterprises, and moving the technology into new markets. The decisions to simplify, shrink, or discontinue operations follow from that, he said. Dasdan's exit takes effect November 18; Alkarmi credited him with strengthening technical capabilities the company relies on for what he called the next phase of its transformation.
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