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 43 reviews)); "Pay was decent and knowledge" ((in 37 reviews)); "Benefits are good." ((in 35 reviews)); "Most coworkers below VP level are good people, intellingent, and easy to work with." ((in 14 reviews)); "Good work/ life balance" ((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 28 reviews)); "direct manager was a micromanager" ((in 18 reviews)); "Mass layoffs and constant change of priorities" ((in 16 reviews)); "No training on proprietary systems." ((in 10 reviews)); "Horrible upper management that didn't care" ((in 10 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 are the top reviewed Essendant locations?

Deerfield , Suwanee , Chicago , Carol Stream , Houston , Cranbury , Orchard Park , Irving , Atlanta , Charlotte , Twinsburg , Phoenixville , Greenville , Sacramento , Oaks , Memphis , Tukwila , Lithia Springs , Lincolnshire , Kansas City , Buffalo , Perris , Orlando , Woburn , Walker , Salt Lake City , Dallas , Grand Prairie , Denver , Seattle

Essendant reviews

2.8

31% would recommend to a friend

(507 total reviews)

Dave Rickard

22% approve of CEO

15% positive business outlook

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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).

Reviews by job title

507 reviews

1.0

Aug 13, 2018

Horrible place for a career

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Nice Atrium, Free Coffee, Clean Bathrooms

Cons

Everything Else but the 3 Pro's above

4.0

Mar 22, 2018

Awesome Place To work If you are in Sales!!! Lots of Time Off!!! A Lot!

Sales ambassador

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Every single year the company has blown out their Travel Budget so they ask (tell) all of their Outside Sales AM's to stay home from September to the end of the year. You are asked to return phone calls and e-mails. You are able to travel with your phone and computer to Florida, Hawaii etc......and nobody knows!! This is a huge benefit as you can use all of your vacation time earlier in the year and still get your monthly car allowance while you are told to stay home. In the end you get about 5 months vacation!!

Cons

The approval process is dysfunctional, very dysfunctional. You have to get everyone in Corporate to approve everything so they justify their jobs. If you just got rid of this layer the company would take off. everyone in Corporate is programmed to just say NO, NO and No again. Or we can't do that!

1.0

Mar 17, 2018

Audit personnel

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

None, worst workplace environment ever

Cons

Abusive environment, super long hours and 90 percent turnover

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Awesome Place To work If you are in Sales!!! Lots of Time Off!!! A Lot!

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