A joke of a company - Government Account Representative Carahsoft Employee Review

1.0
Dec 4, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Lots of young people 23-28 age range Perks such as "shoe day", and a company trip to somewhere tropical

Cons

Extremely unprofessional work environment. "Managers" have no real management or mentoring experience. Next to zero training, the first month or so you basically sit at your desk, the reading material provided regarding the company and software used can be completed in a day. No real structure or real commission or bonus objectives. They are based on "MBO's" or management based objectives which are cometely subjective and not based on actual selling performance You are basically a telemarketer for webinars your first few months and have no real selling of software. The salary is misleading, you are told you will make 32k plus bonuses, where in reality you make 26k + $500/month. Pay is 2x a month, not every 2 weeks. There is also no HR department. People drink on Fridays. Basically a law suit waiting to happen. I am surprised that anyone stays there for more than a couple months. Work hours are 8:30-5:30, which is NOT the industry standard, plus you ate NOT compensated for any OT you work. Also, there is no clocking in or out, and no one is paying attention to any of that anyways as there is no HR dept.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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5.0
Jun 19, 2026
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Recommend
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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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