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
3.0
Nov 2, 2023

Depends

Recommend
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Pros

-Pay is actually great for not being a Quota company for its workers (just don't be overly lazy) -Insurance is ok -PTO is average

Cons

-Management, They seem to disappear a lot and make excuses when they screw up (but if you do, you'll never hear about it) -401, What 401 -Work load balance- non exsistant for most part

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Essendant Response
2y
Thank you for the feedback. Regarding your comment about orders, we are beginning an initiative to assess how we serve customers compared to their needs today. We expect to make some changes in how we handle orders in our DCs. We'll communicate this when we have an update.
5.0
Oct 29, 2023

Great company

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- work life balance, remote - great operations leadership - great executive leadership - fun work

Cons

- direct manager was a micromanager

4.0
Oct 28, 2023
Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

The team is very supportive

Cons

The work is physically demanding

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