Q&A With Box Employees
Working at Box is far more than a job—it’s an opportunity to make your mark. From Sales to Engineering, your day is filled with projects and challenges that directly impact our product, our customers, and our business initiatives.
How employees describe working at Box
Excellent health benefits that cover many needs.
The best workplace ever! Amazing
The overall reliability is great
They don't have a 'chip' on their shoulders. They're all very down to earth and easy to talk to. They're very open to ideas & suggestions. Definitely not a 'command and control', manage by fear style. Love the respect they have for the employees!
Review from Operations Dept
Great colleagues, great culture , awesome
What it's like to work at Box
- Box employees generally work 8.8 hrs a day
- Employees at Box report the work pace is comfortably fast
- On a typical day, employees at Box have 4+ meetings
- 100% of Box employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
- Box employees most often take unlimited paid vacation and sick days each year
- 90% of Box employees report they are happy with their work life balance
- Box employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Once a month
- 96% of Box employees call their work environment positive
Q&A With Box Employees
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What makes you most happy at Box?
Top Employee Response
When I want more of a challenge/responsibility I am met with that challenge. When I ask for feedback or how I can be better it's provided.
Solving challenging problems for our customers and partners
Knowing that my team and leaders believe in me and will have my back
What should I wear for an interview at Box?
Business casual
May depend on the position for which you are interviewing. Generally speaking, Box has a very relaxed work culture and recruiter asks you to dress comfortably. I interviewed for Group Product Manager and dressed in jeans/shirt.
How's the vacation policy at Box?
Unlimited
unlimited PTO
What is most positive about the culture and environment at Box?
Top Employee Response
Everyone believes in work life balance and there is not a lot of micro managing.
People enjoy one another and are genuinely kind
How much freedom do you have with your roadmap?
Top Employee Response
Box is one of the most amazing places to work because everyone has a say into future product roadmap. Ideas are generated from hackathons, brainstorms, and in any other type of meeting based on what customers are demanding and what internal employees think our customers would love.
A fair bit of freedom.
What is the best part about your compensation package at Box?
Top Employee Response
Health and Dental Care, Salary
Generous stock grants
What do you like best about the leadership team at Box?
Care about people and culture. Want to make it a great place to work. They believe in the Box vision and help buy employees into it.
Not afraid to make changes that drive great ROI
How do you feel about Box's future?
Margin based on storage used
How common is it to switch departments or teams at Box?
Not common
What is Box's policy towards pets in the workplace?
No pets
How flexible is your work schedule at Box?
Teams adjust to the needs of their team mates. There are no rules around work schedule. We have remote team members working from different time zones.
What's the company culture like at Box?
Top Employee Response
The culture is extremely open and inclusive and its got a great start-up feeling in the sense that we move fast and are super agile.
What are some of the best things about your team at Box?
Diverse and GSDs
do you feel like you can impact the direction of the product?
Top Employee Response
Absolutely - Product managers are the backbone of the product decision making process.
What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better at Box?
Top Employee Response
People can be silohed/unwilling to make substantial changes if it affects their work even if it would be for the better of the business
how’s your relationship with the engineering team? collaborative?
Top Employee Response
Extremely collaborative. The Engineering team is very generous with their time and partnership.
Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation at Box?
Top Employee Response
Once hired, t's hard to see substantial salary raises even when you pivot to a new/more senior role. It gets anchored comp @ time of hire
What are Box's Values?
How are the benefits at Box for employees in Engineering?
Box's Engineering team rates their overall benefits an A+ and most of them think the perks are Good. 83% of Box employees in Engineering say they are satisfied with their benefits. The majority of employees in Engineering also get Unlimited of paid vacation.
How's career growth and advancement at Box?
89% of the same employees also feel like Box is invested in their career growth. On average, majority of employees do not have a mentor to help them navigate their career at Box.
How are the managers in the Engineering department at Box?
Box's Engineering team rates their manager an A+ or 85/100 and the majority believe their manager truly cares about them as a person. The engineering team (83%) also feels pretty comfortable providing negative feedback directly to their boss.
What's the pay like for employees at Box?
Box employees rates their pay and overall compensation an A- or 78/100. 83% of employees believe they are paid fairly and 75% of employees get raises every year.










