OuterBox reviews

3.4

54% would recommend to a friend

(10 total reviews)
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Jeff Allen

77% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

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1.0
Dec 11, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Great company culture - Chance to win free food on Fridays - Great coworkers - Executive leadership is great, they actually listen to feedback from the surveys.

Cons

- Managers are not trained to be leaders and if they are, the training isn't working - Internal promotions are scarce, not advertised and given primarily to straight white men - Absolutely no diversity, see above - High client churn & always pressuring you to upsell and blame the strategist when clients leave - Favoritism and friendship runs deep here to the point that there is a clear popular group and the outcasts - Consistently moving teams around for this "new highly optimized structure" which does nothing but leaves gaps that are not filled, and switches your manager every few months - Account managers are useless and are untouchable - might as well get rid of that team since their job description changes every few months and all they seem to do is help reschedule meetings - Roll out processes so quickly without proper training, and then roll them back when they realize they screwed up - New hires are assigned the best accounts/new opportunities right away and get praised over existing employees - Forget professional development unless you're a straight white male

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OuterBox Response
5mo
Thank you for taking the time to share such detailed feedback. We appreciate both the positive comments about our culture, coworkers, and leadership team, as well as the candid concerns you’ve raised. Hearing directly from teammates is an important part of how we identify where we need to improve. We want to be very clear that we are deeply committed to building a diverse, inclusive workplace where people of all backgrounds have equal opportunity to grow and succeed. Diversity and equity are priorities for us. Feedback like this helps us better understand how our efforts are being experienced and where we need to strengthen our approach. Our hiring philosophy is centered on placing the right candidates in the right roles. We aim to match people’s skills, experience, and career goals with team needs so that both teammates and clients are set up for long-term success. We are continuing to refine our hiring and onboarding processes to make sure expectations are clear and that new hires and existing team members alike are supported and recognized fairly. Training and development are also areas of active focus for us. This includes improving leadership training for managers, expanding professional development opportunities, and ensuring that new processes are rolled out with the structure, communication, and training needed for teams to succeed. We acknowledge that rapid change can be challenging, and we are constantly evolving to be more thoughtful and consistent in how changes are implemented. Advancement at OuterBox is based on performance, initiative, and impact, and we aim to promote from within whenever possible. We work hard to communicate internal opportunities so they are transparent, equitable, and accessible to everyone. We often utilize Slack to communicate open opportunities and provide a direct link to our career page to help teammates identify which positions they may be interested in applying for. Thank you again for sharing your perspective. While we know we won’t always get everything right, we are committed to listening, learning, and continuing to improve.
1.0
Mar 1, 2023

Fake and Frat Bro Culture

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Wide range of clients to learn from. Great place to get skills for a better job afterwards. If you are a man, you'll succeed here, but only if you don't mind stepping on toes and stabbing backs along the way.

Cons

Management has no clue how to successfully manage people or run an actual business. Men are given way more opportunities than women, and men are paid more for doing less. No diversity at all. They are never properly staffed and keep taking clients even when they have nobody to work on them. You will be exhausted if you work here from being overloaded with clients, underpaid, underappreciated, and given no help at all. If you are interviewing literally anywhere else, focus on those places instead. The other negative reviews are spot on. Management has tried to improve things, but they clearly have no idea what they are doing. They gain clients faster than they lose them, which makes it seem like they are a successful and growing company. No. Management is just working people to their breaking point in order to increase their revenue. They don't have to fire people when they lose a client because they will just give strategists two clients to replace the one they lost. Clients and revenue go up, but so do strategist stress levels and employee turnover. It is almost like they have been accidentally successful for 20 years on the backs of underappreciated people. As a woman, you won't be given leadership opportunity unless you threaten to quit. In general, you won't be given a meaningful raise unless you threaten to quit or unless someone else quit and they are afraid others might as well.

5.0
Nov 24, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

OuterBox has to be one of the best places I've ever worked. They have a natural "company culture" which they actively work to build and improve. - Positive atmosphere - Team building that's actually fun (lately we've had flag football & a book club) - Inclusive of remote employees (you don't get isolated when working remotely) - Extremely supportive management team - Good benefits - No BS - Actively work to improve processes - Keep us informed of changes - Very focused on clients' success - You can set a flexible schedule (good for parents) - I've seen several examples where they supported people during a life change - If you express a desire to get promoted, they'll help you get the training you need

Cons

TBH I don't have many cons to list. Sometimes it gets busy and you have to work hard, but they actively work to hire more staff when that happens. This is not a place where you have to work nights or weekends, and the boss won't call you at 4:30 on a Friday afternoon.

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