Pros
- good starter job - easy to get hired at other OEM companies if you start here - fun spiffs - work from home - more laid-back culture than other similar jobs - potential to make lots of money
Cons
- disgustingly low base salary 30k when you start and then goes to 25k when you get "promoted" - typical metrics-driven sales job, managers only care about how many outbound calls you can make - limited internal opportunities, CDW stresses that they love to promote from within, which they do, but it's difficult to get into management positions still - lots of bureaucracy, very difficult to accomplish anything, which results in angry customers - unrealistic sales numbers to hit - depending on what sales team you get put on, your chances of making any sort of a living wage are non-existent. I work on a government team, which hasn't been bad, but I would recommend steering clear of small biz and non-profit