Excellence but with flaws - Consulting Engineer CDW Employee Review

5.0
Oct 2, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Competitive compensation, constant free training, managers who sincerely care about your personal growth, opportunities for upward mobility

Cons

CDW is, and will always be, a sales oriented company and has been since its founding in the early 80's. Because of this there exists some tension between the engineering teams and the sales teams. Very often our customers are sold a package that leaves the engineer scratching their heads. It seems like the sales team is looking after their own bottom line and not the customer. There needs to be better communication between sales and engineering teams for this company to be taken to the next level. It's not all about the bottom line.

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

Cons

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