They don - Part Time Sales Support Fastenal Employee Review

2.0
Jun 28, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible hours for Part Time.

Cons

You train yourself (at least i did) and its difficult to learn the system. Regular hours are 7-5. You have to buy your own work shirts. Commission is based on margin and if you beat last years monthly goal then its considered "growth". National contracts often kill sales margin, because the people who set the prices set them so low there isn't a lot of money to be made and margin is poor. Salary is bad considering the amount of work you put in for this job. Honestly Fastenal doesn't pay enough to put up with it.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Jun 30, 2026
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Pros

I like my coworkers and my GM is a good .

Cons

The business model and lean staffing is simply unsustainable. Entry level pay, part time, little training, no commissions. Fastenal is focused on the sale rather than the customer. The wing it mentatility leaves customer service lacking. It's a roll coaster of putting one fire out after the other. They sale the position during the interview process but after your in there's empty promises with no real timelines for when the advancement is coming. Upper management seems out of touch with the day to day business. If you ask for help they simply say you have a good schedule. It's extremely disappointing that it has turned out this way because I was excited about the prospect of becoming an Account manager.

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