Does Fastenal pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Fastenal employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Fastenal. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Fastenal?

65% of Fastenal employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Fastenal 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Fastenal?

Sales Associate (511) , General Manager (467) , Sales Support (445) , Outside Sales Representative (347) , Account Specialist (260) , Supply Chain Associate (208) , OUTSIDE SALES (130) , Sales Representative (92) , Sales (88) , Branch Operations Manager (71) , Onsite Account Representative (54) , Warehouse Associate (52) , Manager (42) , Inside Sales Representative (37) , Part Time Sales Associate (36)

What are the pros of working at Fastenal according to real employee reviews?

"Most of the people that work at Fastenal are great people from the top to the bottom." ((in 277 reviews)); "Always understaffed and flexible hours." ((in 179 reviews)); "Good benefits and can learn about industry" ((in 140 reviews)); "The training is great and the job is interesting" ((in 129 reviews)); "Good work environment and people" ((in 110 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Fastenal according to real employee reviews?

"There wasn't to much wrong other than the boredom and the low pay the bosses were dicks also but it's ok" ((in 664 reviews)); "over worked and poor management" ((in 274 reviews)); "Bad upper management." ((in 106 reviews)); "time jobs have low salaries compared to the industry average and you are expected to work 50 hours for it." ((in 106 reviews)); "HR and managers not good" ((in 99 reviews))

What are employees saying about Fastenal layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Fastenal layoffs and their outlook for job security at Fastenal in 2026.

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Fastenal reviews

3.5

65% would recommend to a friend

(5,807 total reviews)

Daniel Florness

78% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Culture & values

3.5

Career opportunities

3.2

Senior management

2.8

Compensation and benefits

Fastenal has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 5,807 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Fastenal employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Transporte y logística industry (3.5 stars).

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Reviews by job title

6K reviews

3.0

May 8, 2023

Good and bad

Sales support

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Learned alot and felt like what I did helped and mattered

Cons

Compensation is very top heavy and based on profits and growth. When I started getting bonus our store was doing about 150k per month and I was getting almost $1k a month in commission. By the end and what made me leave we were doing about 500k and my bonus fell to the minimum of $125. Most of this was do to minimum bonuses that were exhorbadent and well above the companies corporate pay structure which ate up our profit growth causing me to get paid less.

2.0

May 2, 2023

Fastenal

Sales associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

use of company vehicle for deliveries

Cons

poor management, low pay, lack of promotion opportunity, no employee reviews

1.0

Apr 29, 2023

Most horrible company ever. Please DO NOT JOIN HERE

It engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

nothing was good at Fastenal

Cons

right from all the people to leads coworkers managers. absolutely worthless.. the WORST COMPANY to begin your new chapter with .. horrible..

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