Essendant reviews

2.8

31% would recommend to a friend

(507 total reviews)
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Dave Rickard

22% approve of CEO

15% positive business outlook

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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507 reviews
4.0
Aug 13, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Essendant has some great people focused on success.

Cons

2024 has been a year of change for the company with new CEO and philosophy. Change is never easy but everyone is committed to exceed expectations.

1.0
Jul 29, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nothing to say pro about the company

Cons

Everything is bad about the company

1.0
Jul 25, 2024

Typical corporate treatment

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent PTO & insurance offered

Cons

The following took place during the 3rd month of the new CEO: - Summer hours were taken away with no explanation and deflected any questions about in town halls. - Mandatory Return to office policy (after 4 years of remote work) with "unknown consequences" if unable to return, unless you had accommodation approval (which only put a target on your back) - Over 70 people were laid off the week of the Return to office policy start date. *Warnings* 1. Discrimination asking for ADA accommodation - Remote work accomodation was approved by Essendant and then swiftly laid off the following week of approval when the return to office policy took effect. 2. Unless you are part of the internal sorority/frat do not expect any type of promotion, raise or even recognition for hard work. 3. If you're role can not be quantified financially you are NOT important to the company and easily disposable. ----- I worked here for 7 years, I was the only person hired for my role. Who I reported to and the role itself changed Every. Single. Year. After all my time, hard work, flexibility to changes and contributions to the company - I was denied promotions & raises every year to only be laid off on a group call. While several coworkers hired after me were offered opportunities for growth & given several promotions EVERY YEAR.

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