Carahsoft reviews

3.1

48% would recommend to a friend

(1,079 total reviews)

Craig P. Abod

65% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Carahsoft has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 1,079 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Carahsoft employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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1K reviews
1.0
Sep 19, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Free stuff for busy season, company trip, team outings etc.

Cons

Where do I even start. This company is good for someone that likes sales. However, had to leave once the year was up because the management and job expectations were not ok with me. First, I was never told I would be hired to do my boss’ job or assist my other co-workers, I get it, team work but they took advantage of this and made it a weekly thing. It was frustrating because the work amount was not even in my team and they need to organize that, especially in accounting. Second, my boss was a control freak. Micromanaging all the time, she would even count the MINUTES I was out of my chair and would tell me I can’t get up more than 15 mins. Simply ridiculous. Third, the salary is trash. You could be doing the SAME job at a much better company with MUCH better pay. Fourth, managers talk a lot of crap all the time and employees hear that, very unprofessional environment. I also saw 4 people leave (including myself) in a matter of one year. You could tell that this is a company problem and not the employees.

1.0
Feb 2, 2018

Your best worst experience

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Happy hours during a busy season -Free food -Free dinner -Shoe day -“easy” environment -team trip -good start for right out of school

Cons

-VERY low pay -no opportunities for career growth trainings -no overtime compensation -no improvement from management -managers will not have time for you to hear and actively address your concerns -no HR -no policies/documents in writing— they’ll just make up whatever they’d like regarding pretty much everything -no solid policy for working from home— Some can.. Some can’t -high turnover rate -pay gap between higher ups and lower ranked employees is ridiculously large -Your small “Monthly bonus” is actually a part of your salary

1.0
Sep 11, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

My team is ok but senior management is bonkers.

Cons

Carahsoft has become fanatically obsessed with monitoring employee "activity" and calls out employees who are "inactive" for short periods of time. This has lead to employees feeling a need to "fill time" artificially-such as intentionally working slowly, making calls for the sake of it (as a pose to the goal of finding leads), and leaving long voice messages to appear busy. Overall, this maniacal North Korean style surveillance has lead to: 1. Pressure to appear busy (as a pose to being productive. e.i. intentionally working slow, fake calls/voice messages) 2.Reduced mental breaks and burnout(high turnover) 3.Fear and Anxiety in non-managerial employees 4. Lack of Trust and Autonomy Overall, this intense surveillance has resulted in a fearful unproductive workforce that is more focused on appearing active as a pose to actually being productive. Congrats to senior management! You guys have incentivized the very behavior you were trying to prevent.

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