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.

This horrific experience, which messed with me to my core, was a combo of the contracting ‘company’ I worked through and Box. I can’t even elaborate except to say I’m now with an organization (and my org prior to Box) that empowers employees and there’s autonomy but also support and consistent check ins. My boss and I chat repeatedly throughout the day and I’m a contractor!!! Box treats contractors like second class. And the full time people, in this function, are literally 23-25 and love themselves even though they lack actual life and professional experience. Weird how everyone chooses every other tech company to join 🧐