Black Box reviews

3.0

39% would recommend to a friend

(669 total reviews)
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Sanjeev Verma

41% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

Black Box has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 669 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Black Box employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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669 reviews
1.0
Mar 24, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Not even one single pro

Cons

Dreadfully low salary, no raises, got one $80.00 (yes $80) bonus in almost 6 yrs. Every new CEO introduces a new performance review to pretend to offer raises. Somehow they always fall through and raises are never given. In fact, they changed all job titles to prevent paying employees the industry average for all positions. Received one $0.50 raise in almost 6 years there. Mgmt. is bullies and micromanages and HR looks the other way. Once reported an incident with a manager to HR and the HR rep said verbatim "I know him, he would never do that," so i never reported another thing. Mgmt doesn't value team member contributions. Worked for a supervisor that was blatantly sexist, consistently spoke down to his employees, and even referred to his team members as "slaves picking cotton," when describing how they were lazy and didn't work during the day, so that they could take advantage of overtime. His behavior was so brash that I developed severe and nearly debilitating anxiety, at which point I quit. To thank me for nearly 6yrs of service, I was told that I should have, while dealing with severe anxiety, figured out who I could report it to, since I no longer felt comfortable speaking with HR. I was chastised for not digging deeper to figure out who I could go to above HR. I was actually even asked why I didn't report to HR that I felt uncomfortable talking to HR!!!!! Disgusting. Turnover is EXCEPTIONALLY high as a result of poor management. Morale is ridiculously low. I would give 0 stars if I could

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Black Box Response
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Thank you for providing a review of Black Box. I apologize that you had such a negative experience with us; that is certainly not the type of environment we aspire to provide for our team members. As the Chief Human Resources Officer, I take these claims to heart. If you are open to sharing specifics with me directly, you can message me directly at svp@blackboxdotcom. Thank you again for your feedback.
1.0
Mar 29, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great people there in workforce Free lunch& no dress code

Cons

I could write a book Management is disgraceful,when they have workforce reductions they don’t replace the departed workers but expect more from who remains Losses are way more than gains

3.0
Feb 10, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

3 starts for the people only. Work/life balance is actually awesome.

Cons

Do we really need 1 manager per 3 people. A generous job offer really is misleading. There isn't a chance to move up in the company and everyone working there is either waiting for retirement or actively looking for a job because they were misled too. They lay off to make numbers look good. It's a real shame as there is a lot of potential for this to be a great company...

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