Softcat Reviews

Pros

There are a lot of perks with working at Softcat, even being in admin, such as admin day, 4pm beers, nights out and team lunches but a lot of it is aimed around drinking and a lot of the bigger company incentives are aimed at sales or the more popular admin people.

Cons

After over 3 years of working in admin for Softcat I wasn’t awarded the end of year bonus when I left, even though I worked the full financial year and up to the last week of the first quarter of the next financial year, which was unbelievably disappointing when there was no decent enough reason for this in my eyes. I took this up with the CEO of the company and was just told that I wouldn’t be rewarded this as they would then have to give it to every other admin person who had left since the end of financial year, not the most inspiring chat. This unfortunately left me with a bad impression after 3 years of working with Softcat and many happy, fun memories there. I believe admin, across all areas, should have a higher base salary as I was only rewarded a £1,000 base salary increase after 3 promotions within the company in the same department. If I was in sales and was promoted even once, I would imagine the base salary increase is much more than £1,000.

Pros

- Lots of Fun - Great People to work with - Confidence builder - Learn to back yourself

Cons

- Poor base - All about money

Pros

- Good Culture - Lots of parties to show the company cares - Lots of benefits - Lots of events for different matters (LGBTQ, BLM, British Army etc.)

Cons

- Salary is low across the board in services division, extremely hard to try and get a raise. - Too much work for small teams with team members knowing more about the products than managers - Teams hire people who aren't fit for the job.

Pros

* Exposure to front line sales and accountability from day 1. * Evidence of commitment to development throughout the business with a number of directors and managers having progressed having joined through the graduate program * Fantastic culture and having fun is actively encouraged * flexible working * fantastic earnings

Cons

* can feel like the nature of the business is restrictive at times. Some people struggle with accounts etc. but the brightest talent always finds a way * for the size of the company it can feel like they're winging it at times. I personally find this quite genuine and it creates an openness towards improvement throughout the business