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      3.9

      72% would recommend to a friend

      (1,316 total reviews)
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      Aaron Levie

      79% approve of CEO

      61% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.3

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.1

      Culture & values

      4.0

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.6

      Career opportunities

      3.5

      Senior management

      Box has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,316 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Box 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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      1K reviews
      2.0
      Feb 3, 2014

      Too heavy at the top, unhealthy ratio of VP/SVP to employee

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Fun environment, fast-growing space, potential to disrupt a large market and therefore, potential large business opportunity. Solid board of advisors. If you live in the area or nearby, it is great. For folks in SF or SJ, commute might not be great.

      Cons

      Box wants to be another Salesforce.com. It has a very expensive and not too-scalable direct sales model, which sooner or later will weigh them down as a public company.They have hired an unusually large number of VP and above-level individuals, which is also expensive. Too many VP-cooks in the kitchen and politicking slowing down decision-making. Some old-timers (in alliances, sales, product and engineering) stay there because of personal ties, despite their performance and/or behavior being dismal. Some really good folks resigned or were given no other choice but to leave. There have been under the table layoffs and plenty of turnover. Young founders. Diverging views between CEO and COO.

      2.0
      Jan 27, 2014

      Not a good sales org

      Sales
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Offices in SF and Los Altos. Provide transportation. Good snacks. Easy product to learn.

      Cons

      -Inexperienced managers, of which all are from outside the company. (This is why there is no culture there anymore) They have then replaced several already. -Turnover -No promotional path -Internal promotion is extremely rare. (This is why everyone in corporate sales is tripping over themselves to get out.) -For a company this size the politics and favoritism are unreal. -More concerned with "where" their outside manager hires worked, instead of if those hires are actually capable. -Very little support for management. It is all "CYA" and no one stands up to take responsibility.

      2.0
      Jan 21, 2014

      Big ideas, poor execution.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Young workforce that fosters meeting people and making friends, enough snacks, etc. are provided to cover at least breakfast and lunch, free Caltrain passes, shuttles to/from SF, subsidized gym memberships, exciting time to be part of the company.

      Cons

      Internal mobility is not impossible but it's not easy, middle management is inexperienced and lacks the skill set to effectively manage teams, work-life balance is non-existent, pay is not competitive unless you are an engineer.

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