Terrible Experience - Anonymous employee Carahsoft Employee Review

1.0
Dec 15, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good for something right out of college. If you're not ready to say goodbye to the college atmosphere yet, this is the place for you Annual Jamaica trips and other team building trips You learn a LOT about federal procurement/contracts/sales

Cons

The interview did not warn me that this was a telemarketing job. This has nothing but cold calling and more cold calling. The management is atrocious, and there is next to no room for growth. Like others have said, it depends on the team you were placed on. I had the misfortune of being placed on a team with an incompetent manager. There was outright favoritism and excessive micromanagement of employees to the point where it felt like I being watched by Big Brother. Quizzes, finals and daily journals were forced, along with logging what time we left to do what. Carahsoft likes people they can mold, not people that can think for themselves. They don't place much value on employees because they know when one leaves, another will replace it. The influx of freshly graduated college students will never end. As you spend more time here, you begin to justify the terrible treatment, falsely letting yourself believe that this is what the professional world is like. It's not till you leave Carahsoft that you truly understand what adults are treated like in a professional environment. The fact that this place doesn't have an HR and there's more beer than you know what to do with is a joke. Best advice is to learn everything you can for one year and leave. The information you can learn here and the access to all new types of technology is very valuable. It will help in your future career endeavors and help land a job that pays a livable salary, unlike this company.

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5.0
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Pros

4.5 years working at Carahsoft, I’ve seen and heard it all. Work from home, too many people take this for granted. They promote within! Plenty of opportunity to move up if you work hard and deserve obviously. Work hard, be proactive, take accountability, be reliable, consistent aka do your job and you aren’t micromanaged. If the above is done, they compensate you very nicely. Craig pays 50% of health insurance (not sure if this has changed for new hires) that is unheard of and extremely helpful. Insurance is great, never had any issues. Craig cares and does so much for his employees, way more than I think some people deserve and take for granted. Team Trip, 401k match, Shoe Day, Epic Bar Tab, Reggae Fest, milestone and birthday gift cards, Trophy Bottle, snack boxes, and more.

Cons

They hire kids right out of college with zero work ethic and work experience. They don’t fire people enough, you have a handful of top performers picking up the slack for their colleagues and carrying the team. 60+% of my pay is bonus which makes tax season daunting and stressful.

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