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      CDW

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      CDW reviews

      3.5

      62% would recommend to a friend

      (4,625 total reviews)
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      Christine Leahy

      61% approve of CEO

      46% positive business outlook

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      CDW has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 4,625 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The CDW employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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      2.0
      Oct 28, 2008

      Ok company with decent opportunities depending on who your manager is and what accounts they assign you.

      Account manager
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      Pros

      You can make money if you are lucky and are given good accounts and regions. If you work hard and stay very close to the manager and brown nose you will be successful. If you do not play their games you will not do well.

      Cons

      Everything depends on management, they determine your future. There is not a good channel of communication. Many times things were changing around the company and the employees were kept in the dark until the last moment. No information is worse than bad news.

      4.0
      Oct 27, 2008

      Still a great company...but moving in the wrong direction.

      Account manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      It's a great place to start. The interview process is kind of a joke. If you know how to BS your way though an interview you'll be fine. This is despite the fact they claim that 1 in 11 gets hired. You'll make nothing your first year and a half. Then you'll be around 50k for a year and a half. After that the sky is the limit. You really get what you put in to it. The perks aren't bad - although they are deteriorating quickly. Health bennifets are becoming more expensive, spiffs are declining, and the days are getting longer...

      Cons

      You can't make decent money until you've put in a good amount of work. Even then it's really 50/50. They have a CDW aristocracy. People who have been there for more then 5 years are treated differently than people who've come since Edwardson took over. Don't ever expect to be a part of the old boys club. Promotions are few and far between. Career development is very self driven. There is very little direction in the company. There are a lot of random metrics that don't really mean anything. It's getting really difficult to deal with the day to day BS that comes from upper management. When the sales managers don't believe in the activities they are asked to have their team complete - there is something wrong.

      4.0
      Oct 21, 2008

      Great place to work

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      CDW is a profitable company. We have great health benefits and other perks such as Coworker appreciation day at Great America and our annual backbone party. They also give away turkeys and pies during Thanksgiving and Christmas. Even in a down economy, we have still received our profit-sharing which was broken up between two quarters. There is definitely the desire by management to continue to make CDW one of the best companies to work for.

      Cons

      It is difficult to make lateral moves to other departments. There is a disparity between perks received by sales as opposed to the sales support depts.

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