CDW Employee Reviews about "work life balance"

Pros

I've been at CDW for ten years and love the culture, work/life balance, and the ability to govern the direction of my career with many options for growth. CDW supports me in my career goals and encourages me with a wealth of resources for advancing my technical and professional skills to keep me relevant in the ever changing, fast-paced IT industry.

Cons

I've worked from home for the majority of my career at CDW. While I do travel to customer sites around the US from time to time, that travel has become a lot less frequent to almost non-existent. While I prefer to work from home, there is somewhat of a disconnect from your traditional management structure - this is ok if you can self-govern but for individuals who require more direction, this might hinder you from being successful. You have to be self-motivated in this type of work environment (although not all jobs at CDW are work-from-home) which has not been a problem for me, but might not be a good fit for everyone.

Pros

Training, work life balance, Benefits

Cons

None I can think of!

Pros

The company culture is good. Managers are all friendly and know how to push you to do your best. If you don't mind being on the phone and sales is your thing then this might be for you.

Cons

Work life balance is nearly impossible to manage. Job expectations for the first few months are a bunch of calls each day, then managing the sales process for low-spend customers. If a recruiter tells you you'll make 50K+ in a year ask them to show salary and commission that you will be set up on then do your own math. In my eyes, you're just a glorified Best Buy employee for the first 6 months.

Pros

Work environment, work/life balance, if you stick it out in sales you will eventually be satisfied with your compensation!

Cons

low base salary, Sales goals sometimes unattainable, takes a while to make money.

Pros

The Work Life Balance is great!

Cons

None that I can think of right now !

Pros

-Good exposure to IT space -Great initial training program

Cons

-Your manager determines your success. Showing dedication, loyalty and hard work doesn't pay off here, get ready to pucker up if you'd like to get anywhere. It's all politics -Internal processes are very broken, causing 90% of the job to be administrative vs actually selling. Backbone departments are very disorganized and undervalued. Management is fully aware and has done nothing to address this -Base salary is far below industry standard -Work life balance is non-existent -Expressing any negative concerns to upper management will be used against you down the line. They do not take feedback and expect you to put your head down and stay in your lane -Accounts can be taken from you by your manager at anytime without any explanation, even if you built it from nothing. They are purely focused on the bottom line not the customer relationship -Subpar benefits equivalent to being a student initially. You build your vacation/sick time from scratch