good place to start out of college - Anonymous employee CDW Employee Review

4.0
May 24, 2010
Anonymous employee
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Pros

good atmosphere - lots of young kids right out of college benefits are better than most places right out of school great training program... 6 weeks intensive training, 6 months of continued training (4ish hours a week) you actually make commission on all of your sales (but you still make practically nothing unless you sell a ton)

Cons

the base salary is a joke - 25k... its kind of a slap in the face too many product areas to be familiar with

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Cons

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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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