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Working at Essendant

Zippia score 4.7

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Essendant overview

Industry
Other
Revenue
Headquarters
Founded in
1922
Website
Organization type
Private
CEO
Harry A. Dochelli
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Essendant is a purpose-driven company that strives for more than just business success. We treat others with respect, act with honesty and integrity, and improve our communities. An important part of “enabling our partners to reach their full potential” is to honor our values, both in our business transactions and our commitment to building stronger communities.
The staff at Essendant come from unusually diverse demographic backgrounds. The company is 33.9% female and 38.8% ethnic minorities. Essendant employees are slightly more likely to be members of the Democratic Party than the Republican Party, with 57.0% of employees identifying as members of the Democratic Party. Despite their political differences, employees at Essendant seem to be happy. The company has great employee retention with staff members usually staying for 6.0 years.The average employee at Essendant makes $39,940 per year. Pay at Essendant is significantly lower than some of its highest paying competitors, like KLA, Wayfair, and Avery Dennison, which pay $107,730, $80,460, and $60,310, respectively.
Essendant is an industry leader with an annual revenue of $5.0B that is headquartered in Deerfield, IL.

Essendant's mission statement

Essendant is a purpose-driven company that strives for more than just business success. We treat others with respect, act with honesty and integrity, and improve our communities. An important part of “enabling our partners to reach their full potential” is to honor our values, both in our business transactions and our commitment to building stronger communities.

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Pros of working at Essendant

Nothing.Too much favoritism. No growth. Raises are nill. Just went through RIF/ Reduction in force. Closing warehouses.In last few years we laid off over a couple thousand (give or take)

Cons of working at Essendant

Same as above. HR IS NOT YOUR FRIEND.

Essendant benefits

Working from home.

What do you like best about Essendant's CEO and the leadership team?

ZERO..

How would you improve Essendant's culture?

Go back to original format, bring back LAGASSE,INC .Separate and leave as independent company. This is where Cody Phipps former CEO MESSED UP.Asked out opinion..Oh DO NOT CHANGE CO.FROM UNITED STATIONERS TO ESSENDANT. Meant nothing. So company lost money & customers

How did you prepare for the Essendant interview?

By being honest and myself

How does your compensation at Essendant compare to the industry average?

WAY BELOW

What's the diversity at Essendant like?

You have to watch what you say & to whom. Been thrown under bus many many times .They only believe who is complaining about you,even if you have 1000% proof. YOU ARE DONE.

What brings you the most joy at Essendant?

My coworkers & sales reps

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The team at Essendant

  • The key people at Essendant is Harry A. Dochelli.
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Harry A. Dochelli
The inside scoop
We power our partners’ success by integrating a vast product assortment, a world-class fulfillment network and a full suite of advanced sales, marketing, and digital tools. It’s a seamless solution that powers unlimited possibilities for our customers in the pursuit of smarter operations, category expansion, and business growth. We connect our customers, a diverse network of resellers, distributors, online retailers and national organizations across the U.S., with top manufacturers in the market to offer over 2 million products in our portfolio.

Essendant rankings

Essendant is ranked #23 on the Best Fortune 500 companies to work for in Illinois list. Zippia's Best Places to Work lists provide unbiased, data-based evaluations of companies. Rankings are based on government and proprietary data on salaries, company financial health, and employee diversity.

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Essendant salaries

Average Essendant salary
$39,940
yearly
$19.20 hourly
Updated March 14, 2024

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Essendant diversity

9.7
Diversity score
We calculated Essendant’s diversity score by measuring multiple factors, including the ethnic background, gender identity, and language skills of Essendant’s workforce.
Essendant diversity summary. Zippia estimates Essendant's demographics and statistics using a database of 30 million profiles. Zippia verifies estimates with BLS, Census, and current job openings data for accuracy. We calculated Essendant's diversity score by measuring multiple factors, including the ethnic background, gender identity, and language skills of Essendant's workforce.

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Essendant office locations

Essendant is headquartered in Deerfield, IL

Biggest Essendant locations

RankCityJob countAvg. salary
1Irving, TX16$38,096
2Houston, TX10$37,762
3Sacramento, CA9$42,015
4Perris, CA6$41,705
5Columbus, OH3$39,073
6Denver, CO3$40,840

Essendant financial performance

10.0
Performance score

Highest paying Essendant competitors

Compare Essendant salaries to competitors, including KLA, Wayfair, and Avery Dennison. Employees at KLA earn the highest average yearly salary of $107,730. The salaries at Wayfair average $80,460 per year, and the salaries at Avery Dennison come in at $60,310 per year.
RankCompanyAverage salaryJobs
1$107,7300
2$80,4600
3$60,3100
4$51,9760
5$49,3820
6$48,1230
7$46,0460
8$45,1370
9$44,8760
10$43,4000
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    Zippia gives an in-depth look into the details of Essendant, including salaries, political affiliations, employee data, and more, in order to inform job seekers about Essendant. The employee data is based on information from people who have self-reported their past or current employments at Essendant. The data on this page is also based on data sources collected from public and open data sources on the Internet and other locations, as well as proprietary data we licensed from other companies. Sources of data may include, but are not limited to, the BLS, company filings, estimates based on those filings, H1B filings, and other public and private datasets. While we have made attempts to ensure that the information displayed are correct, Zippia is not responsible for any errors or omissions or for the results obtained from the use of this information. None of the information on this page has been provided or approved by Essendant. The data presented on this page does not represent the view of Essendant and its employees or that of Zippia.

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