Good culture with mediocre pay - Anonymous employee CDW Employee Review

4.0
Apr 29, 2024
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Very collaborative and tight knit across certain departments which makes it easy to get advice and grow. Long history of people staying beyond 10 years which is a testament to the quality of the culture here.

Cons

Senior Leadership has been in place for a long time and are not well equipped to adapt to the changing market or company internally. Too many short term thinkers and not enough empowerment at the lower levels to do their jobs. Pay for leadership is pretty bad, well below average combined with double the team size (20 direct reports is common). No equity for below Director title either, this decision was made by the former CEO and the current power structure does not see frontline managers as worthy of having equity, same for the sellers who are generating the wealth that the exec team enjoys each day.

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5.0
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3.0
Jul 6, 2026
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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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