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REPORTED · WARN NOTICEPublished Dec 23, 2025

Essendant Layoff — December 2025

EMPLOYEES AFFECTED
171
SHARE OF WORKFORCE
~8.6%
EFFECTIVE DATE
Dec 1, 2025
171 OF 2,000 EMPLOYEES

What we know

Location: Cranbury, NJ.

A WARN notice was filed on December 1, 2025.

Disclosed through an official WARN filing with the NJ state workforce agency.

Summary

Essendant disclosed this layoff in an official WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notice filed with the NJ state workforce agency on December 1, 2025. The notice covers 171 employees in Cranbury, NJ, with the layoff effective December 1, 2025.

That is roughly 8.6% of the 2,000 people Essendant employs.

LayoffTalk has tracked 18 layoff events at Essendant since October 2023, affecting a combined 1,371 employees.

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Anonymous by default. Be kind — people reading this may be going through it right now.

LTLayoffTalk StaffStaff21 hours ago

Essendant cut 171 jobs in Cranbury, NJ on December 1, 2025. Were you affected, or do you know people who were? How was it handled — severance, notice, which teams? You can post anonymously below.

SOURCE
Official WARN notice
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Industrials · 2,000 employees
18
EVENTS TRACKED
1,907
AFFECTED SINCE 2023
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