Great place to start, not much growth or pay opportunity - Account Manager CDW Employee Review

3.0
Nov 2, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good location and a great place to start your sales career. Give good training and ability to work with customers. You will want to end up in the Med/Lar division or Government. The SMB and all others don't have much opportunity.

Cons

Not much opportunity for growth. Feels very much like a churn and burn operation. Sales turnover is heavy, but that is the way CDW operates. Some are succesful but most have worked here for many years, and that is still no guarantee. Not many places to transfer into other positions. Pay is terrible.

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5.0
Jul 1, 2026
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Business Outlook

Pros

Pay overall is good compared to others.

Cons

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3.0
Jul 6, 2026
Recommend
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Business Outlook

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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