Box Software Engineer reviews

3.8

76% would recommend to a friend

(93 total reviews)
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Aaron Levie

85% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Software Engineer employees have rated Box with 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 93 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Box is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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93 reviews
2.0
Apr 3, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Fair compensation. Emphasizing ownership. Cross team communication. Helpful co-workers.

Cons

Constructive feedback is non-existent. You are usually disregarded with only "Sorry for the low raise, keep up the good work. See you next year." Nothing to really work with. Also unkept promises from management. Managers don't give a damn about you if you don't cause problems. Unless you are a close friend of theirs. It's better to break something and fix it later than to prevent it, because you'll be praised more that way. Questionable design decisions that result in missed deadlines, but no one is held accountable. Chaos in high- and middle-level management. Decisions are made at the last minute, without consulting stakeholders. Global decisions that affect the whole company even if countries work differently. If you're looking for a job where you can do the bare minimum and collect a paycheck, Box is the perfect place. If you want to tackle difficult problems and grow as a person, look elsewhere.

2.0
Mar 31, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very good salary and stock options

Cons

Terrible work-life balance - you have to stay late in order to sync with the US. Very poor code quality, even from senior and staff engineers. There's no sense of striving for improvement, better quality etc. - just get the stuff done and forget about it. A lot of code debt that is not being addressed. Unbelievable amount of chaos - it's hard to find out who is responsible for what, there's very little documentation or it is outdated, milion of slack channels with poor description etc. Lots of corporate type trainings - a complete waste of time.

3.0
Mar 29, 2023

Nice people

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Unlimited PTO, Remote Job, Flexibility

Cons

Unbalanced work, Lack of leadership

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