The leadership team actually cares about about employees! - Anonymous employee Box Employee Review

5.0
3 Aug 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

COVID 19 has shown the world which companies have moral leadership and i'm so proud to work at Box! Aaron seems to actually care about the people who work at Box and I admire his, and the rest of the leadership teams transparency during these uncertain times. I am more inclined to work really, really hard when I feel like the company has my back and that is exactly the situation I have at Box. I am proud to work at Box!

Cons

There is room for improvement with internal processes but I think this is a growing pain of a company that still sometimes operates as a start-up but isn't anymore. Also, there is no 401k or employee donation matching which has become standard for bay area tech companies.

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Thank you so much for the review! We're glad to hear how transparency at Box has impacted your experience positively during these times.

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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.

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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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