Box reviews

Inside sales team are pretty bad, but I believe it's because their overwhelmed as they cover 1:3 or 1:4. Have a hard time bringing product to market, not a lot of differentiators between Box and their competitors especially Microsoft. The channel and partner eco-system is pretty weak. The sales cycle is extremely long. The engineers and their management openly trash talk one another and AEs. I was extremely surprised the first time I heard it but it was done so much it seemed to be a common practice. The swim lanes seem to be constantly changing between the AE,IR,OBR, and CSM. There is always push back when delegating, especially between the IRs and CSMs which causes more of a division than anything else. So if you're coming on as an AE be prepared to just take on more of the load if you want stuff to get done in a timely manner. The comp plan/goals is different between the AEs and the support so you can imagine the issues that may cause if you an your IR or OBR have different objectives. Lastly, there is a high turn over rate for AEs.

-There are a lot of people who have been at Box for a while and have become managers because of tenure, not experience, which makes for a lot of disjointed management as people are "Figuring it out" and given a lot of faith to do well without help even though they're newer managers. -Top heavy company, not a lot of roles for younger people to start out in. -A lot of experienced managers leaving lately. -People team is a mess even with a new CPO, she doesn't seem to care to spend time with her teams that need direction and her focus seems mainly on exec. - Also, 401K match ya'll, get with it!