Stop Telling People to “Drink the Kool-Aid” - Account Representative CDW Employee Review

3.0
Nov 17, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Very social environment and a lot of opportunities to get in front of parters and network. There are always events and happy hours to go to and there are select groups of good people here! Account Representatives go through an awesome training program and are given books of business.

Cons

Bro culture. You can only build your book so much based on government contracts among other limitations. The common saying is “just give it two years, drink the Kool-Aid and you’ll be happy”. Obviously instantaneous gratification is not realistic in most jobs that are worth it, but seeing is believing and some people just don’t see the same results even if they do all of the same things. Horrible time off and package benefits, compared to other “leading” companies.

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3.0
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Pros

You have the ability to sell full stack solutions, services and software.

Cons

I have worked at CDW for 10yrs and every single year they have changed the comp plan in a way that makes it harder for sellers to make money (constantly moving the goal post). Prior to 2020 CDW had little to no lay offs now it is happening every six months. They say the reasons is to reduce cost and improve efficiencies BUT as a company our sales continue to grow along with the C-levels pockets.

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