Box- Where PM Careers Go To Die - werkgeversreview Anonieme werknemer bij Box

1,0
15 feb 2019
Anonieme werknemer
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Goedkeuring directeur
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Pluspunten

Free lunch Caltrain pass Generous ESPP Gym/Phone Reimbursement

Minpunten

The product team is a turnstile. Both Long-tenured PMs and new PMs (less than a half a year) are leaving or are looking. Most individual contributors have been burnt on empty promises. You’ll soon realize that you’re really just a chess piece amongst dueling VPs and directors. May the odds ever be in your favor. You might just luck out. In addition, former acqui-hires who left the company were threatened via lawsuit because they left too quick. Seriously Box, they left because y’all treated them like BLEEP. If you don’t believe me, I’d encourage you to reach out to former PMs before accepting the job.

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5,0
9 jun 2026
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Pluspunten

- Strong executive leadership with clear direction - Customers see the value in the software and there is a product/market fit - Managers care about work life balance and your professional growth - Autonomy to do valuable meaningful work and focus on the right initiatives for your role

Minpunten

- Nothing comes to mind

5,0
15 apr 2026
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Pluspunten

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.

Minpunten

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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