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 44 reviews)); "Good benefits and tuition reimbursement" ((in 37 reviews)); "Pay was decent and knowledge" ((in 34 reviews)); "Good benifits lots of time off if needed" ((in 14 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 29 reviews)); "Managers often deal with poor upper management, frequent layoffs, and lack of support." ((in 18 reviews)); "direct manager was a micromanager" ((in 18 reviews)); "Senior leadership in HR is a disaster and I would not recommend working for them or their department." ((in 11 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 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

1.0

Mar 13, 2026

Sycamore Will Flip Essendant This Year or Next

Marketing

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The best team I've ever worked with, hands-down. So much talent wasted in a deteriorating and desolate environment.

Cons

Right down the conga line - if you check the Private Equity boxes - Essendant has been beached. Sycamore (the PE firm that owns Essendant) will flip the company in the next year or two. Caveat emptor and back slowly away, customers, prospective employees, all. Essendant is being gutted for the sake of it investors. Run away, run away!

5.0

Mar 3, 2026

Would Go Back Today

Project lead

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Opportunity for growth & development Leadership Support Workplace environment

Cons

Internal Communication occasionally leaves gaps. Business reorganization unfortunately eliminated many roles.

2.0

Feb 27, 2026

Sinking ship

anonymous employee- former employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

My coworkers were all fantastic. Absolutely some of the kindest, smartest, and most talented people I have ever worked with. Salary was good, benefits were okay, and working remotely was a plus.

Cons

This company has had a revolving door of executive leadership for the last 2.5 years and no clear direction of their business initiatives. Every couple of months they announce the "next big thing" that will absolutely save the company, but then you never hear about it again. First it was Connected Commerce, then Fulfillment, then it was "streamlining" categories by eliminating OP and Furniture (but now they have Office and Furniture again), then Enterprise sales. Just pick something and stick with it long enough to at least see if it works. They have been laying people off left and right, to the point that entire departments have been eliminated. I would be surprised if they didn't completely shut down over the next year or two.

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