Changing for the worse - Anonymous employee Box Employee Review

3.0
Apr 25, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Working with people globally - Friendly / positive work environment - ESPP/RSUs - Good opportunity to learn for newer individuals - Safe for queer people

Cons

- Pay raises and promotions have been stagnant since 2020 no matter your performance or increase in scope. - A lot of internal politics - Dishonest leadership - Clout chasing is the king metric - Inefficient and outdated work structures due to constant restructuring and lack of direction - Pay is below market value - Poor work/life balance, leadership expects everyone to work weekends and nights

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5.0
Jun 1, 2026
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Pros

Amazing culture, great benefits, teams truly care about each other, and leadership listens to employees.

Cons

AI is taking over the world and software so fast, making things more complex for products to keep up with demand.

5.0
Apr 15, 2026
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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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