“It’s important to come together as human beings to build trust as a company,” says Simpson. We already had a great space for collaboration, but we wanted to optimize the flow and format to support connectivity, creativity, and community-building. With Studios, we’re reimagining how we use our offices and the types of experiences we want people to have in them. “This is why we’re shifting the focus of the work they do from productivity to impact.” Inside Dropbox Studios “The lines between work and personal lives are forever blurred for employees, so it’s more important than ever they feel purpose in both,” says Alastair Simpson, VP of Design. “Our company mission is to design a more enlightened way of working and being Virtual First is an example of how we’re living that out: a distributed team building products for distributed teams,” says Collins.īy creating more flexibility with where and when employees work, we also believe they can make key decisions about caregiving, mental health, and other personal matters in a more purposeful way.

And we’re also taking a closer look at the technology we use so that it better supports our employees and, by extension, our customers. We’ve made workweeks more flexible to individual needs by implementing core collaboration hours-blocks of time set aside for meetings that allow employees to build the rest of their schedule around their lives. With our Virtual First approach, we’re not only rethinking the physical spaces we work in, but also our work culture as a whole. Studios are meant for in-person teamwork and strengthening connections with colleagues, as empathy is such a valued part of our company culture. That need presented a unique opportunity to completely rethink the purpose of our offices, so we spent the past few months redesigning them into collaborative spaces called Studios. “It’s something our employees have really missed the past year and a half working remotely,” says Melanie Collins, Chief People Officer. While remote work is now the primary mode for day-to-day interactions at Dropbox, we recognized that human connection can’t be fully recreated virtually. These unique spaces will bring a reimagined office experience to our employees. Today, we’ll be taking the next step in our journey as a Virtual First company: opening Dropbox Studios.

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