Does Essendant pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Essendant employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Essendant. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Essendant?

31% of Essendant employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Essendant 3.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.6 for culture and values and 2.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Essendant?

Warehouse Associate (34) , Customer Service Representative (14) , Distribution Associate (13) , Account Executive (9) , Manager (9) , Associate Product Manager (6) , Order Picker (6) , Sales (6) , Customer Service Representative (CSR) (5) , Department Manager (5) , Forklift Operator (5) , Product Manager (5) , Warehouse Worker (5) , Operations Manager (4) , Senior Financial Analyst (4)

What are the pros of working at Essendant according to real employee reviews?

"Met some really great people until everyone decided to stab each other in the backs." ((in 40 reviews)); "Benefits are good." ((in 39 reviews)); "Pay was decent and knowledge" ((in 37 reviews)); "Good work/ life balance" ((in 13 reviews)); "Most coworkers below VP level are good people, intellingent, and easy to work with." ((in 13 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Essendant according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management who will use anyone as a stepping stone to get ahead and they've done this to a good number of people." ((in 30 reviews)); "direct manager was a micromanager" ((in 18 reviews)); "Managers often deal with poor upper management, frequent layoffs, and lack of support." ((in 17 reviews)); "Horrible upper management that didn't care" ((in 11 reviews)); "Senior leadership in HR is a disaster and I would not recommend working for them or their department." ((in 11 reviews))

What are employees saying about Essendant layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Essendant layoffs and their outlook for job security at Essendant in 2026.

What Essendant locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Oaks , Greenville , Charlotte , Phoenixville , Atlanta

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Essendant

Part of Sycamore Partners

Essendant reviews

2.8

31% would recommend to a friend

(507 total reviews)

Dave Rickard

22% approve of CEO

15% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.3

Diversity & inclusion

3.2

Work/Life balance

2.8

Compensation and benefits

2.6

Culture & values

2.4

Senior management

2.4

Career opportunities

Essendant has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 507 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Essendant employee rating is 21% below average for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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Reviews by job title

507 reviews

4.0

Nov 17, 2015

Career Opportunities

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great company benefits, flexible managers, not micromanaged, career growth opportunities

Cons

Needs better communication from one department to another

1.0

Nov 12, 2015

Company needing help in many categories

Finance manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I would say the only pro working @ Essendant was the Work/Life balance, typical work week Monday thru Friday

Cons

Company has no direction or future vision. They state they are "changing the culture" to gear more towards the millennials, but in reality there is a huge disconnect in this mindset between VP level management and Mid management. No role or career path structure at all in the company (especially Merchandising and Marketing Departments). Company's technology is decades old (don't believe me? just look at their "Technology" category products they offer). Company has no financial Long Range Plan (LRP), at all (this should scare all investors). Routine layoffs will not save this company's dying future financials. HR Department in this company is a complete joke, they depend on internal company professional group's functions to do their hard work of "attaining and retaining" individuals. In my 10 month tenure, there have been multiple CEO and Senior VP level changes which scares anyone trying to build a good standing career. Any "millennial" reading this should be very reluctant at accepting a job at Essendant.

1.0

Nov 12, 2015

warehouse

Da2

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

nothing good to say about this company, if they make you an offer don't accept

Cons

The wages are very low and they treat there employees poorly. the company is very unstable and they are doing poorly.

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