San Francisco’s tech industry is taking another beating, with more than 100 workers getting the boot this week as two major companies announced fresh rounds of layoffs.
Dropbox and customer-service startup Front axed a combined 110 jobs at their San Francisco operations, adding to a brutal year of tech industry cuts across the Bay Area.
“Today, we’re making difficult choices about where we invest and how we organize Dropbox to achieve the product and growth priorities that will matter most for our long-term strategy,” Dropbox co-CEO Ashraf Alkarmi said Wednesday.
“As part of these changes, we’ve made the decision to eliminate about 200 roles across Engineering, Product, Design, and G&A teams (approximately 9% of our global workforce). For most impacted Dropboxers, today will be their last day,” he continued.
The cloud storage giant announced it would eliminate 57 positions in San Francisco, with the cuts taking effect Nov. 18. The local layoffs are part of a broader global purge affecting approximately 200 employees.
Front, meanwhile, gave 53 workers the boot Tuesday as the company moved to shrink its workforce.
“We’ve made the difficult decision to reduce the size of our team, and that means saying goodbye to a number of Fronteers,” Front CEO Dan O’Connell said.
“We made this decision to build a more sustainable business, focus our resources on what matters most to our customers, and invest in the next generation of Front,” O’Connell added.
Founded in 2013, Front is headquartered at 300 Montgomery St. in San Francisco and is known for its customer-service and team messaging platform.
The latest cuts come as the Bay Area’s once-booming tech industry continues to shed jobs at a staggering pace.
Tech companies have revealed plans to eliminate nearly 14,500 Bay Area positions in 2026, according to California WARN filings, which track major layoffs.
Amazon announced in August that it would slash 148 jobs at its Sunnyvale and San Francisco offices in another round of corporate belt-tightening.
Since October 2025, the retail and tech behemoth has eliminated roughly 30,000 corporate positions through two major rounds of layoffs as CEO Andy Jassy pushes to flatten management structures and slash bureaucracy.
