Box reviews

3.9

72% would recommend to a friend

(1,317 total reviews)
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Aaron Levie

79% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Box has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,317 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Box employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0
Jun 23, 2016

Box is HORRIBLE

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Pros

Aaron Levie is fantastic in front of customers (as long as the meeting is in the afternoon and he has had his nap) Benefits are great if you work at Box HQ. Free breakfast, lunch and dinner plus all the snacks you could ever want! The Box product works as advertised The cloud ecosystem is the place to be and Box is in the center of it

Cons

The Box culture. Box loves to talk about how great their culture is, however, it is very hard to fit into this cliquish culture if you are a new employee. The employees who have been there a long time don't really have any other experience besides Box. But, if it's not the Box way, then it's the highway! Not open to new or fresh ideas from the outside Benefits. Yes, free meals are nice but there are no real benefits such as a matching 401K. Benefits are only given to employees that work at Box HQ. If you are remote, forget about it. Leadership. There simply is none. Box is spending a lot of money (marketing) trying to make the company look like it's a great place to work. There has been a mass exodus over the last year due to the fact that it is simply not a fun place to work. Yes, the stock is a dog but that's not why employees are leaving. Employees simply don't get treated fairly as their management has not done the job before, thus, don't know how to manage effectively. Aaron Levie is a plus for Box but he is not a CEO. He needs to be put into another role within the company and a true CEO should be hired that can make the company profitable and help it be seen beyond just a circus show.

3.0
Jun 22, 2016

Box is a cozy poppy field. (But slumber at your own peril.)

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Posh new office space, free food and snacks. Good industry buzz about the product, overall.

Cons

I've seen this happen to good companies before. As the size of the company grows, C-level players get busy and management begins to slip. At Box, this is a very serious problem. After nothing was done in the face of a mass exodus of disgruntled or unfulfilled talent, the powers that be opted, instead, to bring in sub-par, seemingly unvetted management who in turn, opted to lean on cronyism by bringing in their friends from their past employ. (I didn't see many "good fits" being brought in, as much as "old friends".) During my time there, I witnessed a complete fumbling of a potentially epic brand. While they claim to support and promote from within, this was rarely the case, as I saw it. It seems many Boxers struggle with the pros and cons, yearning for a better work life. But as with Dorothy on her way to Oz, it's easy to settle instead to doze their days away in the poppy field that is Box.

5.0
May 26, 2016
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Pros

- Lots of different technologies and interesting challenges. - Employee happiness and career development are major priorities for the company, and it shows. Cool office, good food, good benefits, happy people. - We value all types of engineers - fullstack and specialists. - Excellent culture of trust. You can rely on your co-workers, and they know they can rely on you.

Cons

- lots of interacting pieces can create interesting challenges, but can also lead to frustrating development bottlenecks sometimes

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