Hey @dchassin,
Welcome to the Dropbox Community, let's look into that together!
Please keep in mind that the Dropbox application needs to perform a quick reindex whenever it is restarted or paused/resumed to check if any files changed since the client was last run. A good initial step to improve the syncing performance would be to reduce the overall load of the client, by enabling Selective Sync.
Moreover, you could manually customize your bandwidth settings, that'll probably help you speed things up.
Because you've mentioned that you need your files for work though, let me suggest raising a ticket with our team, so that we check your configuration and determine the cause. Once you do, please let me know a ticket ID in your reply here, so that I look it up on my end. This way, we'll able to send you the relevant steps to improve performance.
Thanks in advance for your cooperation, looking forward to hearing back from you,
JaneA
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