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

Sep 14, 2015

Great company. Culture. Hour life balance.

Senior financial analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great management in finance. Finance team continues to grow. Company is strong as a whole. Moving into new growth areas.

Cons

Upward mobility is a question. A lot of turnaround. Benefits as very light. Located in the suburbs. Competing with Amazon is tough.

1.0

Sep 13, 2015

Ethics, Anyone?

Contractor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It is a pay check.

Cons

Based on my experience with them, Essendant's management is complacent and ineffectual. Although management paid lip-service to welcoming suggestions, they routinely dismissed and ignored my suggestions for improvement. My pay was embarrassingly low. Citing budgetary reasons and no fault on my part, Essendant terminated my contract with no warning, and no acknowledgement of the harm they are doing. When my contract was terminated, I only heard from the agency representative; I never heard a word from any of the glad-handing management people at Essendant. (Thanks to many great people at the client site, I now work for the client in a much better position -- no thanks to Essendant!)

1.0

Sep 13, 2015

TOO MANY CHANGES

Distribution associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Decent pay , lots of overtime, and co workers are easy to get along with.

Cons

Too many shift changes, Union does not care about its members , Managers will just yes you to death on important issues. I would not recommend this job to anyone.

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