Fastenal reviews

The pay plans are horrible and keep getting worse and worse. When I was promoted to GM, I thought that the pay would be a better then OSP. I was dead wrong. I work 50 plus hours a week for about 12.oo an hour. I had to work a part time job on weeknights and weekends until things picked up in my area. If you read the previous reviews, you can see no one is happy with the pay plan. A lot of other OSP's and GM's in the area are currently looking for higher paying jobs. Its allot of stress not really knowing your pay month to month. They pay you off year over year growth and high margin. I would have never wasted my time with this job knowing how bad the pay plans are. They even take money out of your pay for having excess inventory or when customers don't pay on their account on time. I would stay with Fastenal if they compensated the employees fairly. Its not even close! This job is not for anyone with a family with a mortgage and a few bills. Good luck!

Sometimes goals are unrealistic because of previous years spot buys. Trying to grow over a big order from the year before can lower your pay significantly because you dont get paid crap on residual business, you have to grow to get a decent paycheck. Also, getting docked pay on a lower margin isn't fair because you couldve turned down the sale and made more money on your paycheck. Pay your employees more and restructure commission on residual business.