Good Entry Level, Low Pay - Anonymous employee Carahsoft Employee Review

2.0
Mar 5, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great place to start in the IT industry, salary is so low that you can really only live on it if you live at home with parents (right out of college). Put in your year or two here and you can go work anywhere. Also, their non-compete agreement is bogus. VA is a right to work state, you can go work for anyone you want after. If you don't want to burn bridges though, pick a reseller not a competitor or vendor partner. Great atmosphere, with awesome people. Especially if you are from out of town and don't know anyone. Lots of company perks (have to make up for poor pay)

Cons

Your are pretty much chained to your desk, almost a clock in clock out model (without the clock). marketing is treated not as well as sales. Upper management for MOST teams sucks and they tend to dislike anyone that doesn't drink the Carahsoft KoolAid.

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Cons

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5.0
Jun 19, 2026
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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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