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
1.0
Jan 27, 2026

Sinking ship

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Pros

No pros at this time or anywhere in the foreseeable future.

Cons

Management team is a joke, they clearly do the absolute bare minimum to “earn” their salary. No one speaks up to corporate to shine a light on their atrocious business movements. We’ve since closed down a majority of all our facilities or basically surrendered them to competitors. The associates including myself have no real voice due to neglectful leadership. All meetings are a facade. I can imagine that it’s worse in the other facilities.

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