AkitaBox Reviews

3.7

58% would recommend to a friend

(39 total reviews)

Derek Blackmore

80% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

AkitaBox has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 39 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The AkitaBox 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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39 reviews
2.0
6 May 2020

Draining

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Unlimited PTO, great people, close enough to the square to enjoy all the downtown perks. Once you are part of the team here you will feel like family.. meaning that you could find a couple lifelong friends here, or be a living character of the best live-action drama/soap opera of your life kinda family. Small enough of a company to get your hands on the process and impact the processes that move the needle on a day to day basis.

Cons

Accountability was always promised from senior leadership and never enforced or proven; lots from CEO and leadership promised and never delivered. Always in survival mode. Unreasonable expectations around project delivery across the board -- software products, marketing, long shot deals or even implementations. Sales unable to forecast much at all leading to poor foresight and planning. Everything last minute, terrible pipeline, several members of the sales team not interested in anything beyond lunch appointments. Senior leadership willing to do anything to keep the sinking ship above water, leads to rash, uniformed decisions, laying off the wrong people, etc. this will keep this company on a rocky path.

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AkitaBox Response
4y
Thank you for your review. We are glad that you enjoy the people, and benefits here at AkitaBox. We also appreciate your feedback on the issues you see with the culture at AkitaBox. We share your love of AkitaBox and we are initiating several new programs to help sustain and grow our culture as we continue to work remote. It's not easy, but maintaining our amazing culture is a top priority. We trust the recently shared plans are a positive step in the right direction and look forward to continued feedback.
3.0
23 Aug 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The people are amazing, built multiple strong friendships, unlimited PTO, ability to have ideas heard and be valued

Cons

New leadership has left company in limbo. They are smart but theres a big disconnect with employees. culture has diminished noticeably. A lot of transitional issues and disconnect. 3 layoffs in the past year

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AkitaBox Response
4y
Thank you for your review. We are glad that you enjoy the people,and benefits here at AkitaBox. We also appreciate your feedback on the issues you see with the culture at AkitaBox. We share your love of AkitaBox and we are initiating several new programs to help sustain and grow our culture as we continue to work remote. It's not easy, but maintaining our amazing culture is a top priority. We trust the recently shared plans are a positive step in the right direction and look forward to continued feedback.
1.0
9 Mar 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I am no longer working here is the only pro

Cons

This company is geared toward people looking for their first job. Perks include a hammock, lego table, and bean bag chairs - if you are into that sort of thing. This is a company that defines growth by head count - not sales. And, for a company with a difficult to implement solution - that makes sense. But, you can't really consider yourself a software company if you give the software away for free and only charge for the Professional Services. If this company only gets transient customers...they won't be here for long.

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AkitaBox Response
4y
Thank you for your review. We are glad that you enjoy the people, and benefits here at AkitaBox. We also appreciate your feedback on the issues you see with the culture at AkitaBox. We share your love of AkitaBox and we are initiating several new programs to help sustain and grow our culture as we continue to work remote. It's not easy, but maintaining our amazing culture is a top priority. We trust the recently shared plans are a positive step in the right direction and look forward to continued feedback.
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