I was fired for not taking a promotion to outside sales... - Sales Support Fastenal Employee Review

1.0
Oct 4, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

It was a good place/pay for a part time job, but the don't want part time, they want outside sales...

Cons

I was hired as a part time driver (per the add I responded to), but what they where really hiring for is outside sales. If they would have told me that I never would have turned my resume... The dress code for working in a 110 degree warehouse was dress shoes, pants, and shirt. The funniest part is when I ruined my shoes and pants working in the warehouse I didn't even make enough money to replace them... The end result was I was fired for turning down the "promotion" to outside sales. I told them when I was hired that I was in school and I couldn't make over 20k a year or I'd lose my grants. I think they thought they where going to talk me out of going to school for a career with them... The companies a joke...

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