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 decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Fastenal?

62% of Fastenal employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Fastenal 3.7 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 (513) , General Manager (467) , Sales Support (447) , Outside Sales Representative (347) , Account Specialist (260) , Supply Chain Associate (210) , OUTSIDE SALES (130) , Sales Representative (92) , Sales (88) , Branch Operations Manager (71) , Onsite Account Representative (54) , Warehouse Associate (53) , 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 279 reviews)); "Always understaffed and flexible hours." ((in 180 reviews)); "Good benefits and family atmosphere" ((in 147 reviews)); "The training is great and can really open doors for you in the future" ((in 128 reviews)); "Good work environment and people" ((in 119 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 666 reviews)); "over worked and poor management" ((in 271 reviews)); "Bad upper management." ((in 110 reviews)); "No commission on sales below 20% margin even though most of those sales are national accounts that you have no say in the pricing." ((in 103 reviews)); "time jobs have low salaries compared to the industry average and you are expected to work 50 hours for it." ((in 101 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

3.4

62% would recommend to a friend

(5,816 total reviews)

Daniel Florness

76% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.5

Culture & values

3.5

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Career opportunities

3.1

Senior management

2.8

Compensation and benefits

Fastenal has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 5,816 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

4.0

Feb 6, 2015

Part time sales associate for two years.

Part time sales associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great bosses who are very understanding and accommodating. Most holiday's the store was closed. The relationship developed with co-workers and frequent customers is great. The job can be really fun and even on the worst days it really isn't even as bad as a good day working at a regular retail store.

Cons

The company is very top heavy. The people at the store level are highly underpaid and the people higher up are grossly overpaid. The distribution of not only wealth, but power will really get annoying. It doesn't affect the part-time employees as much, but having to work with the full-time employees who are directly affected by the higher ups gets annoying. This pressure is found nation wide.

4.0

Feb 4, 2015

Intern

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Easy work, very good pay, work around your schedule.

Cons

A lot of busy work. Hard to stay motivated

4.0

Feb 2, 2015

Great, not perfect.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Quarterly reviews (and raises when eligible), monthly bonuses, very friendly management, doors are always open to opinions and suggestions.

Cons

Not very many full-time opportunities, mostly a part-time company, wage/salary caps, office employees are told they are appreciated, but when warehouse employees are constantly getting monetary rewards or gifts for hard work, it feels like we aren't actually appreciated. We have to be fight to be included in things with other departments and most of the time we are told no.

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