Account Manager - Account Manager Carahsoft Employee Review

1.0
Jun 6, 2014
Recommend
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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.

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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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