Great Place To Learn - Customer Success Department Box Employee Review

4.0
19 May 2015
Recommend
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Pros

TONS of opportunity to really build a position for yourself. Rarely will anyone ever say "No" if you want to start up some side project. Everyone you work with is smart and hard working, and everyone is very driven You really feel like they care about you as an employee Innovation is the name of the game here- we're all constantly being encouraged to find new, groundbreaking ways to go about our work. It's very exciting. Great perks- I pay $100 a month for me and my partner- for the best insurance, medical, and dental. The ESPP is amazeballs

Cons

The rate of growth is light speed, and that sometimes makes it really hard to figure out who needs to approve something. Half of the time on any given project is spent hunting down someone who can say "Yes" Cross-functional collaboration is generally subpar. Everyone is so insanely busy all the time that it's hard to get on their radar. Internal change management can be a huge struggle because of it. And the pieces aren't all aligned- it's not uncommon to find that three different teams in three different departments are all working on a similar project with no knowledge of the others. Salaries here aren't bad, but they aren't super competitive. A lot of the folks we lose go for that exact reason.

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5.0
9 June 2026
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Pros

- Strong executive leadership with clear direction - Customers see the value in the software and there is a product/market fit - Managers care about work life balance and your professional growth - Autonomy to do valuable meaningful work and focus on the right initiatives for your role

Cons

- Nothing comes to mind

5.0
15 Apr 2026
Recommend
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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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