since everything we sell comes from china, vietnam, or cambodia I suspect the ""slump"" we are currently enduring will quickly turn into a ""slide"" brace for impact

The Lithia Springs building is going to be closed at the end of May.

He’s leaving to take CEO role at Michael’s.

Essendant is at it again..Another reduction in force. This company has lost its power. It's only gotten worse with new ceo. Wonder what Sycamore Partners will decide on it's future.

Did anyone get denied an exemption to work remotely or laid off as a result?

So we have a couple of months to recover before the next bombshell drops perhaps the sale of an underperforming business unit??

this co. has been on a downhill slide for a decade at least. that's the reason we got bought out in 2019 by SP disguised as staples but then covid happened and we had an uptick in sales so SP put their "PLAN" for us on the back burner. now we are... — read more 

Yep it's happening probably by end of week.15 emails went out to Over 60 with Over 5 years offered 26 weeks VSP.If you do not take VSP,you still may be chose to go. So another 200 to go. Just su-ks.And they don't care

yeah lets get rid of all these oldies with tons of knowledge and experience that will surely help the bottom line.

facilities consolidated into nearby faciities given we still have states where there are more than one facility it is likely this trend will continue into next year.

we're understaffed and half of that staff is doing less than bare minimum. they just dont give a rats *ss anymore. and i dont blame them. and management......! we dont need them. they usually just get in the way. i wonder when the next round of... — read more 

heard there is voluntary layoff in woburn any truth to this?

WOBURN, ONE IN CALIFORNIA, AND ONE IN TENNESSEE.

so now we're overstocking to get a jump on price increases the assumption being consumers will continue their buying frenzy during inflationary conditions..... i'm looking forward to my layoff

another 6mos-1yr postponement of annual salary increases

is anyone else paying attention to what's going on at staples this week? and how this will affect essendant. so far the sl--e ba--s at this co. have gotten rid of ppl through attrition. how long will they be able to play that game. i suspect staples... — read more 

another spring/summer season understaffed and overwhelmed with little sympathy or retrobution from mgmnt. those of us who are sticking it out should be rewarded with extra pto time or vle's thru the later half of the summer and those ppl who are... — read more 

some talk at mason that they are on verge of being sold or going bankrupt any chance essendant is negotiating a buyout of some of the mason biz??

so instead of giving layoffs so we can apply for unemplymnt we are getting vl'd 2-6 hrs a day. most of my co-workers cant survive losing half an hour a day. these ppl will be forced to find something else very soon and we will lose... — read more 

jan 31 marks one yr with sp/staples ownership. will things go on as they have been or will there be changes? any ideas?

so I read on opi last Friday that we divested the automotive and industrials business segments. how does that affect us ?

I heard rumor that staples/sp is buying mason I find it hard to believe. then again we didn't get any of the school orders that we normally do this time of year.

another round of layoffs at staples this week. it is logical to think that sp will begin some butchering at essendant soon as well. then they can fully merge the 2 companies into one entity.

it seems we will continue to bend over backwards for mason. i was hoping they would pull some of their biz and give this sh*thole co a wake up call. they have mason and barely any other clients. wrong way to do business.

Now, why was my post deleted? Aren't we one now? Welcome, welcome folks. How y'all doing? Joining forces, aren't we? Staples doesn't talk about you, it's hush hush over at this end. What's the rumor there? Is everyone excited? Well, so excited to... — read more 

They have already been layoffs but they haven't officially called them layoffs. If you look deeply enough anyone who's been with essendant more than 7 to 10 years is no longer with the company basically. They've been offered packages secretly and... — read more 

They have already been layoffs but they haven't officially called them layoffs. If you look deeply enough anyone who's been with essendant more than 7 to 10 years is no longer with the company basically. They've been offered packages secretly and... — read more 

Not sure why no posts here - all other companies have discussions. I guess here we have a situation where our folks are always silent.

Heard more layoffs today in marketing..... circling the drain! Can you say HORRIBLE LEADERSHIP??

Worst company iv ever worked for mismanaged for years at new York location. So glad I left!! There gonna need to layoff a lot of people to survive.

No layoffs in Cincinnati - the company is expanding and hiring

I hear rumors again, I hope all turns out good

Now that we are changing name we may want to rename this board to Essendant. Not sure how many people we are planning to lay off, but we have 77 facilities, so go figure, it may be massive. Fun in Deerfield, what can I tell you...