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 8, 2015

Great culture but challenging market

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Essendant has an excellent culture of employee engagement and service orientated leadership. It lives the values of social responsibility it proclaims. It maintains an exceptional dedication to its customers who are largely independent distributors and resellers.

Cons

Essendant works within a very tight margin industry which creates a much needed and constant focus on optimizing productivity and automation to reduce costs. However, it is diversifying its business to help mitigate this pressure and ensure consistent operating performance.

4.0

Sep 7, 2015

Solid Company In Transition

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Executive management is actively expanding the products and services offered to offset the decline in the core business (office product, office furniture, ink & toner and janitorial and break room). Good company to work for with competitive salary and benefits.

Cons

Outdated legacy processes and IT infrastructure make it challenging to efficiently achieve management goals. Staff turnover and a lack of goal alignments across the business units results in too much reactive work and not enough proactive cutting edge achievements.

2.0

Aug 17, 2015

No experience needed

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I can not say that I have any pros to list They pay you..that's the only pro I have.

Cons

The break time Work is not evenly distributed People do what they want No work life balance

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