Is CDW a good company to work for?

CDW has an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5, based on over 5,084 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months. 63% of employees would recommend working at CDW to a friend and 46% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about CDW have been left by employees working as Technical Lead , Campus Intern and Internship .

Does CDW pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, CDW employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at CDW. This rating has decreased by 5% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at CDW?

63% of CDW employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated CDW 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at CDW?

Account Manager (743) , Account Representative (171) , Senior Account Manager (78) , Sales (67) , Sales Intern (58) , Project Manager (55) , Manager (53) , Intern (45) , Sales Representative (45) , Inside Sales Account Manager (43) , Solutions Architect (38) , Consultant (37) , Service Desk Analyst (37) , Account Executive (35) , Analyst (31)

What are the pros of working at CDW according to real employee reviews?

"There is a great culture in each individual branch as well as across the nation as one unified company." ((in 425 reviews)); "The people you work with on a day to day basis are all great people!" ((in 320 reviews)); "CDW offers great benefits and a company you can be proud to say you work for." ((in 281 reviews)); "There is also a great work life balance as long as you prove that you are a high performer." ((in 225 reviews)); "There was a lot of great training on the different technologies and products on an ongoing basis." ((in 170 reviews))

What are the cons of working at CDW according to real employee reviews?

"Pay is low and "raises" are less than 3% yet your review will always say how great of a worker you are." ((in 265 reviews)); "Salaries are low and don't seem to be adjusted for higher cost of living areas." ((in 189 reviews)); "Management for Sales support is poor except for a few Team Leaders that have been there for a while." ((in 165 reviews)); "the problem is the managers have been thre too long so don't know what the real world is like any more." ((in 99 reviews)); "disgustingly low base salary 30k when you start and then goes to 25k when you get "promoted"" ((in 84 reviews))

What are employees saying about CDW layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about CDW layoffs and their outlook for job security at CDW in 2026.

What are the top reviewed CDW locations?

Chicago , Vernon Hills , Lincolnshire , Chandler , Shelton , Madison , Cherry Hill , Dallas , Tampa , Herndon , New York , Mettawa , Eatontown , Reston , San Antonio , Tempe , Las Vegas , Voorhees , Minneapolis , Milwaukee , Atlanta , Seattle , Cleveland , Phoenix , Austin , Indianapolis , Houston , Los Angeles , North Las Vegas , Philadelphia

CDW reviews

3.5

63% would recommend to a friend

(4,617 total reviews)

Christine Leahy

62% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

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CDW has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 4,617 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).

Reviews by job title

5K reviews

2.0

Jun 12, 2008

Professional services misunderstood

Network engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

There is room for growth, but internal politics is thick. If you can work through the politics you will go far, but other wise your room for growth is limited. After the buyout by CDW, we are treated like warehouse employees. Our benefits were slashed, and compensation is sub par. CDW does not understand that professional services workers are highly specialized and need to be rewarded for their skills, otherwise we will leave.

Cons

Professional services division misunderstood by CDW management.

2.0

Jun 12, 2008

Chop-Shop

Network engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Financially strong company, they aren't going to be cutting jobs.

Cons

For a techincal engineer to work for a company who's national TV add want's to sell you some stuff it's awful.

3.0

Jun 11, 2008

CDW doesn't suck......yet

Sales account manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The environment is very solid overall, however the amount of employees directly out of college makes for a juvenille and unprofessional atomsphere is some cases.

Cons

It's very difficult to make much a decent living here. A couple of reasons: 1. It's a inside sales job that entails some accounts being given to you when some leaves, out of district, etc., what I've slowly foundt out is that unless you're part of the club, you won't be getting any. 2. You compete with each other moreso than you do the competition. There's more sales people than anything else in the company(which would be fine, if there was enough territory to accommodate the growth).

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