The worst job I have ever had - Account Manager CDW Employee Review

1.0
Apr 30, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Great training- The training provided to Account Manager was fantastic and intense. You are constantly learning something new in the IT world.

Cons

The base salary is absolutely terrible and the commission plan is even worse. They talk about being a company that build relationships and adds value to their customers, but really it is just a bunch of commodity brokers just like tigerdirect.com or newegg.com. They only care about how many calls you make. You really aren't a sales person there, you are a tele-marketer. The most important thing management cares about is how many calls you make, they could care less about how much you sell or how much profit you make for the company. Long hours for low pay in short with an uptight atmosphere.

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

Cons

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