Pros
A creative, inspiring company, Box is a place where you can do your best work. Employees are encouraged to take big risks, celebrate and learn from failure and have great pride in their work. Since all employees are share holders, there is a sense of ownership which permeates throughout the organisation - top to bottom.
The culture is genuine and fun - and not *enforced fun* that you often see at large organisations. The executive leaders are authentic, approachable and motivating. You can book time with literally anyone in the organisation and your voice is heard.
Since it's a meritocracy, the best ideas float to the surface regardless of position or time served at Box. And because the leadership team is accessible, it's easy to get your good idea on the roadmap.
The roll-out of the DACI model for making decisions means it's obvious who has the final say; regular hackathons encourage innovation from all areas of the business; and the weekly all-hands tells employees where we are against plan. And thanks to OKRs (KPI measurement tool), it's clear what everyone is working on and what the priorities for the quarter are across the org.
All of these good practices make Box a great place to work. And given where the Cloud Content Management market is heading, Box has set itself up very well to hire and retain the best talent to capture a decent part of the market in Europe.
Cons
Working in a remote office takes longer to get decisions given the time-zone conflicts. And it's easy to fall out the loop with core HQ teams.
