CDW reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(4,633 total reviews)
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Christine Leahy

58% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

CDW has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 4,633 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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5K reviews
1.0
Feb 19, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Company name holds some weight.

Cons

Low pay and low pay increases. A 10% cap on promotions coworkers doing the same role can have wage gaps of over $30K. Everyone is required to do the work of three roles.

1.0
Nov 3, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nice work/life balance, work-from-home perks,

Cons

Terrible base pay that is lowered upon promotion (35 to 30k once promoted to Account Manager). Rising and vague goal structure that affects your commission (you keep just 7.7% of profit on your commission statement if you miss goal). CDW also intercepts vendor spiffs, meaning you earn less for each product you are incentivized to sell. Account reassigns are always given to the most tenured sales rep on the team, meaning that the best accounts and leads will ALWAYS go to the tenured rep. Do not be suprised if exisiting renewals or deals on reassigned accounts are stolen and given to the tenured rep. I saw this happen time and time again. Sales management will make sure to protect the tenured reps and play favorites no matter what. Be prepared to kiss butt and suck up to your manager if you want any chance at SURVIVAL. As a young sales rep at CDW it's not about thriving - it's merely survival as round and round of layoffs have occurred over the last 18 months. There are Account Managers on my team earning less than $500/month in commissions and management seems a-okay with this.

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