Good Company, but... - Anonymous employee CDW Employee Review

3.0
Sep 19, 2008
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Still has a good corporate culture. Compared to other places I have worked, senior management is concerned about employees and doing the right thing. There is still a decent level of career mobility, opportunity and growth. Fellow employees are generally good people and there's cooperation in most areas. Yeah, there's all those little goodies - the bagels twice a week, child care (not cheap) and fitness center on site if you're in Vernon Hills, amusement park outings, ice cream - but those only go so far.

Cons

Salary and benefits are on the low side of average. CDW can still be very backward in some ways for a company its size, and lacks many of the systems, tools and organization you'd expect to find at smaller companies. And there a few extremely bad, borderline psychotic managers who are driving good people out of the company - I work for one of them. Too many senior managers are being fooled by horrible managers who suck up and manage up well, but are destroying morale, causing people to leave and hurting the company as a result. They turn a blind eye to the bad managers when they suspect or know what's truly going on. CDW is at a critical crossroads where things could go very good or turn very bad.

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5.0
Nov 19, 2025
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Pros

We all help each other to win unlike any other organization I've worked for. I've never seen an organization support their "coworkers" like CDW has. Management is excellent, supportive and not breathing down our neck but of course have expectations. Leadership is visible. The other day I got off the elevator and the CEO, Chris Leahy, was there which startled me to the point I didn't have words for her. Just be prepared to engage with variety of people often and you'll be successful here.

Cons

None at the moment. I could always get more pay but not real cons. If I owned a business, I'd model it after CDW in part.

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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