Good corporate culture and hard, long work days early pay dividend in later years - Inside Sales Account Manager CDW Employee Review

4.0
Feb 6, 2015
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Pros

CDW has a good corporate culture. Those people who are looking for a challenging sales position in the technology industry will excel. Hard work with long hours in the first year will benefit you down the road. It's deemed the hardest job to make 25k-30k year 1, 30k-50k year 2, and the easiest 50k+ job after year 2. Hard work and long hours are imperative to succeeding and increasing pay. Decent benefits - PPO health plan is good and HAP plan is also available, Flex account, dental, vision, 401k, some sick days & some vacation. No weekend workdays and ability to go to sporting events with clients if AZ is in territory. Lots of vendor clothes and other 'stuff' (candy, mirrors, phone chargers, coffee mugs, pens, materials, etc given out, as well as many opportunities for happy hours and free lunches provided by vendors.

Cons

Low salary but warranted because of upside down the road. Year 1 earnings are dismal. Training days are long and repetitive so quick learners can become bored easily. Sick day and vacation accrual is mediocre. Tough to make commission in year 1. Salary goes away after year 4. Hefty sales goals, but goals should be hard to obtain to drive motivation.

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5.0
Jul 15, 2026
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Cons

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3.0
Jul 6, 2026
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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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