Box reviews

3.9

72% would recommend to a friend

(1,316 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 1,316 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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5.0
Oct 3, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

- Constant learning - Leadership team is in it for the right reasons - Very collaborative colleagues - You're not just a coder with a pair of hands; you're a real human who contributes to culture and team development - A strong focus on developer productivity

Cons

None really, if you're prepared to stay focused and work hard.

1.0
Sep 17, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

- Inflated salaries - Young culture (think new grads) - Good education fund/ Boxworks - If you are early in your career, this is a good place to get that stamp on your resumes - If you are early in your career, and know that your growth is going to be limited at a place that is struggling to get to IPO, and are okay with it, go for it! - Post IPO there will probably be a more grounded corporate identity, rather than the half startup half corporate approach at the moment - Scaling elegantly is hard no doubt, after all we have all heard of technical debt amongst other things

Cons

- BoxWorks had Malcolm Gladwell (!!!!) as a keynote speaker talking on disruptive innovation and changing a mindset..however... - He was welcomed onstage by a highly inappropriate Ellie Goulding track - Unfortunately nobody at Box seemed to have paid any attention to the crux of what he was saying- a change in mindset is what's needed, innovation powered by radical thinking - Not a lot of the complacent attitude that is floating around - Box does hire smart, but only in limiting hires to Stanford and Berkley. Unfortunately, a lot of the radical thinkers (a particular Mr. Jobs) didn't finish university - Inexperienced recruiters pushed me and three of my peers into the customer success team- the only team that has it together across the company - Junior recruiters, so they are limited in placing you at a team that makes the most of your skill set, or are unable to place you as the team you would be an asset to does not exist - As a consequence, there are a lot of incompetencies, and talent that is so underutilized and stifled by the constant upheaval, that they have to schedule at least 50 meetings a day to get people to acknowledge work needs to be done - And then chase them around to get the work done (as simple as getting the EA's to book a room, get you equipment that they are responsible for) - A lot of the why should I do it, its not my problem mentality - Customers have echoed they use Box as it's impossible to shift/move all your content elsewhere once its in there i.s. forced use for a product - Internal movement= impossible (it's encouraged, but do you want to wait 6-12 months?)

5.0
Sep 14, 2013

One of the best cultures in Silicon Valley

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- great group of people, one of the smartest groups around - best cultures around, very diverse and inclusive - a rarity in silicon valley - great potential for the company's growth. - love the focus on culture and keeping it intact - Perks are really good for a company this size. They also offer 401k, great medical etc

Cons

- some growing pains but they seem to be handing it very well

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