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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1.0
Jun 6, 2014

Account Manager

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Pros

Great place for fresh grads! Lots of alcohol and many little bonuses to keep you going. The bonuses are spaced far/close enough together so you stay on a little longer to reach that bonus. Company Trip each year. (Who doesn't want to be in their bathing suit with all their coworkers?!)

Cons

The management isn't trained at all. The people that are in management positions are the people that decide to stick around and are in "the group." If you have a problem with your direct manager, you can't go to the next manager up or the next. They are all friends that buddy up and take each other's sides. You will not be heard here. Very unprofessional and inappropriate comments and acts in the office, at client facing events, and at Carahsoft events. This stuff happens because there is NO HR department and like others have said, it is the running joke. This position is also very little pay. For example, I was told $36K, then after a few pay periods realized that the $36K was made up of a base of $24K and the rest was built on bonuses. Bonuses are given based on opinion not an actually commission based scale. So each month your bonuses are based upon "Did you build relationships with the vendor?" "Did you work well with your team?" "Is this weeks recorded call better than last weeks?" (they record everything - and allow others on your team to go snooping through your emails and calls) This is on top of lowest first call time, most calls plus minutes, and how many candidates you pushed through the system. There is not an equation that you can have any idea of what your bonus will be. It is all up to your Management team's opinion of you. If you aren't in "the group" with your mangers, you will not get the same treatment even if you do more than your share of the work. IT'S ALL OPINION BASED.

2.0
Jun 2, 2014

Full-time Account Representative

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Pros

Tons of young people, which makes it fun and social Occasional happy hours at the office on Friday afternoons Tons of happy hours, catered meals, and benefits during busy season Annual company trip Flexible with vacation days Occasionally give away gift cards for winning competitions Given gift cards at Christmas

Cons

Little to no structured training, Poor leadership Terrible pay Long hours, Few holidays High turnover rate Little work to do and lots of cold calling Extremely cramped - not enough space in the office and not enough parking, so they expect some people to park offsite and walk/get picked up from a lot a mile away

4.0
May 30, 2014
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Pros

- truly teaches you the ins and outs of the federal IT sales industry; train you in the traditional business model of the industry as well as the cold calling/account management process - everyone here is young, so it's easy to relate to your coworkers - fun little perks here and there such as a random car payment day, company trip (usually to Jamaica!)

Cons

- LOW PAY...it's acceptable if you're living at home for your first year out of college, but otherwise you'll be living paycheck to paycheck for SURE - long hours - sometimes unreasonable goals related to bonuses...you're basically doing the work of a manufacturer inside sales rep but getting paid about 1/4 of the pay for it

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