Graveyard for senior engineers, failed to retain talent - Mitarbeiter (anonym) bei Box: Mitarbeiterbewertung

1,0
28. Okt. 2015
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Good only if you are in sales and marketing. This is an public enterprise software company running out of cash, which means R&D isn't their main focus at this point. (Just look at their SEC filing, their marketing and sales expenses are 3 times R&D). Kudos to CEO and a couple upper management somehow able to attract bright engineers with promise of 10x growth in stock price.

Kontras

Most engineering managers and directors have zero people management skills. They try to imitate Google's promotion scheme but don't have the right people on the committees. End result is that people with good social and self marketing skills get promoted while people who get stuff done gets fed up, become less productive and then leave. They also don't have enough money to fairly reward all talents, so a lot of senior engineers are leaving (which is also probably what they want anyway given the need to save expenses).

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5,0
24. Juni 2026
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Amazing product, culture and benefits

Kontras

In office mandate, no need to be in an office to join Zoom meetings

5,0
15. Apr. 2026
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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.

Kontras

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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