Good Company - Weak Middle Management - Account Director Box Employee Review

3.0
16 Nov 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Box is a great Product with significant potential. The company invests significant effort in the company culture and to maintain the "Startup" attitude. With Aaron Levie and Dan Levin you will find diametral opposing characters as Top leaders which are very impressive. Overall it is a great company to work for.

Cons

Processes are sometimes even more complicated as in companies like IBM. There is significant management fluctuation, which has a major impact on the culture.

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5.0
24 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Amazing product, culture and benefits

Cons

In office mandate, no need to be in an office to join Zoom meetings

5.0
15 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Working at Box offers a strong mix of career growth, meaningful impact, and modern tech exposure—you get to sell and support a platform that’s actually solving real-world problems across government, enterprise, and regulated industries, not just pushing software for the sake of it. The company’s focus on AI-powered content management, security, and workflow automation keeps you close to where the market is heading, which builds highly transferable skills. At the same time, the culture tends to emphasize collaboration, autonomy, and ownership, giving you room to develop your own strategies (like your targeted campaigns and use-case-driven outreach) while still having the backing of a well-established platform with strong product-market fit.

Cons

Working at Box isn’t without its challenges—one of the biggest is that the product can be harder to differentiate at a surface level, especially against tools like Microsoft (SharePoint/OneDrive) or Dropbox, which means you have to work much harder in sales to educate prospects on deeper workflow and security value. Sales cycles can be long and complex, requiring patience and persistence with multiple stakeholders. Internally, like many growing tech companies, priorities and messaging can shift as new products (AI, Extract, etc.) roll out, which can create some ambiguity. And because Box is a platform play, success often depends on how well customers adopt and expand usage, so deals don’t always feel “done” at close—you’re thinking long-term from day one.

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