Any word on the teams affected?
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@c9 1 week per year of service + a couple extra. Ex: 10 years of service= 12 weeks of severance. Cdw is on the low end, I know ppl who were let go after 20+ yrs and they got 6 months severance.
But CDW also stopped caring about their coworkers once Leahy was put in charge.
I left CDW because I did not want to change systems. I went to a competitor and I had to learn their system. Which by the way was Salesforce. FML.
@cz CWS are lower than whale sh-t that lies at the bottom of the sea.
I hope they are get the big bottle of karma
@126 you couldnt be more right!! At first I was concerned, but then I realized the type of gargbage they hire and keep putting non stop pressure on sales. I'm so much happier where I am now. Still in tech sales and still doing well, but no 50 meetings and no changing metrics ever 3 months and NO SALESFORCE
@cj that woman needs to be gone as well from what I hear it was better before Chris L.
I was part of the downsize 2.5 years ago and it was the best thing that could have happened to me. I don’t dread work anymore and work reasonable hours for the same pay. Never fear, it is a blessing in disguise.
Thankfully I'm safe…for now. For the first time, though, my team was impacted. My boss's boss was told with zero notice that her role was no longer needed due to our team moving under other leadership. The thing is, that new leader has zero familiarity with what we do, so she needs someone to fill that old role on an "interim basis." My boss has been called up to do that, which means one of my coworkers has been drafted to fill my boss's role. Absolutely senseless game of musical chairs. It would have made more business sense for everyone to stay put for a quarter and transition over, but no. Shareholders demand cuts, and so the cuts must come now. It's as heartless as it is brainless.
I'm eyeing the exit before I'm next. My role stands out relative to my coworkers, so I wouldn't be shocked if the powers that be look at a spreadsheet and decide I'm next, regardless of my actual contributions. I joined CDW hoping that a bigger company would offer more stability relative to my old job. That used to be true. Now, that stability is gone. In my eyes, it's better for me to exit on my terms than theirs.
Cdw su-ks. Immature processes, milk toast leadership. M&A should be fired if they haven’t been already. CDW needs to be clear that they are best at selling commodities. Printers. laptops. Servers. Nothing strategic. No services. No consulting.
The field execs basically negotiate the best volume discounts with procurement. Literally no field reps have exec relationships. Those who did were laid off.
CDWs investment in industry expertise? Give me a break. I can regurgitate a few sentences about the implications of Krogers recent acquisition, but that doesn’t make me an expert.
Keystone cops over at CDW.
The stock tells the story.
I feel bad for the people who are loyal and hope to climb a rotting ladder, and for those who have kids and bills and years left in tech.
CDW isn’t a talent hub.
What did you think was going to happen after giving away technology at minimum margins???
Surprised it did not happen sooner.
@ew
It's not really being fair...it's them trying to mitigate lawsuits.
Cutting commissions and pay for everyone and making backbone train thier overseas replacements for NDA and severence check.... BUT they'll fire tenured people and be fair with severance lol ...might be on par with other companies doing the same thing BUT I guess CDW is just like other companies now.
@bz that’s really sad, I’m sorry!
@cc I believe its based on how long you’ve been with the company. Surprisingly they actually seem to give more weeks based on how long you were there, which seems fair.
@cz No. Manager only, reading a script.
I'm truly sorry to those affected who wanted to stay. Especially long-time co-workers, many of whom have never held a corporate job outside of CDW. Now is not the time for fear. That comes later. Every state in the United States is an at-will employment state, with the exception of Montana. Godspeed to all and God Bless this American company.
@cz CWS was in mine. But a manager I talked to who had to let some of his folks go was told to do them solo. CWS was never planning on being there.
Was CWS in on yalls meetings? My CWS rep didn't show and it was just my manager reading a statement
This was caused by a failure to execute by management. Best of luck to everyone involved. Stay positive and move on. Don't freeze up. Hustle and find another job fast.
@cs Presidio is hiring like crazy right now. traleigh@presidio.com
@cn Hey, sorry you are going through this. Reach out to us at Presidio and we can try to help. traleigh@presidio.com
@cr I am a recruiter at presidio....... traleigh@presidio.com
I'm one of them that was a part of layoff today, can someone please guide what should be severance package one should expect, I'm a immigrant and i need to uproot the entire family back.. i have been with CDW for 11+ years and came in through a CDW acquisition. Any guidance would be really helpful and i cannot afford to hire a attorney.
I hope the reps take their customers with them to new places. Paragon, In Balance, and SHI all would hire reps with experience. Go work for a manufacturer.
Presidio is hiring!! Get in touch. We are hiring across all orgs. Spread the word to your coworkers! https://www.presidio.com/careers/
@OP Get in touch with us....pass it around. We are currently hiring across all orgs. https://www.presidio.com/careers/
@cn I’m sorry. What dept were you in if you’re comfortable saying?
Our team was gutted, more than half of us are gone and both manager and skip level. Included several folks with tenures of 10+ yrs.
@c4 how long were you at the company? I’ve had 7 years but don’t know what that equates to in years?
@cg
I was CE...all good. I agree with you.
I left on my own but feel bad for the good people I left behind and just trying to add my knowledge here since I knew way more than I should've on the inner workings.
You sound sincere. I feel bad for sincere good coworkers as well as some customers.
One thing...customers coming on here should learn that we got pressure from both ends but tried to shield them from this.
Hoping you weren't effected. This site is so needed because people can't or are afraid of posting thier real thoughts and feelings on LinkedIn.
Just checked LinkedIn out and all positivity after losing thier jobs. You really need to put on an act to get by now as opposed to your work speaking for itself.
Wishing everyone well and hoping everyone earns enough to be free of this drama.
Why didn't the email come from Chris? Seems odd right?
So if you’ve would 7 years what does that equate to in weeks?
@ce
You are twisting the intent of the original message and mine - I'm simply saying that using thelayoff.com is not the appropriate place to hash out account coverage... let alone name an actual person who is or isn't with the organization anymore. That's it. The customer can be curious and wondering... no problem. Using an anonymous forum to get into actual details? Not something that should happen.
2 on my team are gone
@c6
Customers are concerned because they allow CDW coworkers to have the jobs they have.
They're left with the scraps as the tenured/experienced people are fired or are leaving on thier own.
CDW doesn't even care about damage control. Today's layoffs aren't in the news but we're publicly traded. Customer will find out via a new AM intro email/call and they aren't d-mb (they can tell who is tenured). The remaining tenured AM's can only handle so much more since our systems are going backwards and slowing everything down instead of allowing AM's to finish requests and move to new ones.
I left on my own because I saw all this coming and I'm not the one to do 50-100% more work for the same or 50% less. They really think we're all d-mb since we don't have a VP or C level title.
To leadership...everyone is just a # including customers.
I literally have real hate for some individuals still at CDW and hope the absolute worst things in the world for them as they deserve it and more.
@c7 I suggest you talk to an attorney and write a reply email asking for what you think is fair. You can run the calcs and just say - “I am requesting x more weeks of severance and x weeks of COBRA” based on my tenure of X years at “the other acquired company.” You should not sign the severance agreement until you speak to someone. Once you sign your leverage is gone. You won’t get anything if you don’t ask. And you may get more.
@c9 It was reported to me by one person that they got 12 weeks of severance pay. HURRY and get another job ASAP and pocket that cash!!!
@bj 100% agreed. I got let go and I think it was because I questioned the great and powerful cdw
@c4 Could you please give a rough rule of thumb for what the severance was? Number of weeks per year of tenure, etc? Benefits?
@c7 contact a labor attorney. don't sign anything.
@c4 What was solid about your severance? Mine didn't count my tenure from before-acquisition, which was used for PTO and other policies in the past. I'd heard to expect 2 weeks per year of tenure, and mine wasn't even that. Plus 'prorated bonus', but from my calculation, they paid only for CDW years, and 0 for bonus. So unless there was a math error in mine, I wouldn't call it solid.
@c3
What are you even talking about? You think 'the layoff' is the right place for customers to ask about their specific account coverage? Are you crazy? What are they going to name their account managers and we are going to hash it out here? Get a clue