Austin Dropbox here to stay; hunts sales, operations staff

AUSTIN – If, in the wake of Dropbox’s announcement that it was turning down government incentives to grow, you’re laboring under the misconception that Dropbox was somehow slowing down its ambitious Austin expansion plans, Sherry Birk has something to say to you.

"We’re here and we’re here to stay," she said. "We still have our same hiring goals. Dropbox still has plans to hire about 150 sales and operations staff over the next 18 months."

The San Francisco-based company currently employs 50 in its office at 515 Congress Ave. It aims to employ 200 in Austin within a year and a half.

As the company ramps up hiring, it is also finishing a build-out on a brand new office space in the building directly south of their current location. It’s the mid-rise recently gutted at the corner of Congress Ave. and Fifth St.

When completed in late 2015, Dropbox offices will occupy three floors of the building.