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?

63% 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 (446) , 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 283 reviews)); "Always understaffed and flexible hours." ((in 175 reviews)); "Good benefits and can learn about industry" ((in 145 reviews)); "training and looks good on your resume" ((in 120 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 672 reviews)); "over worked and poor management" ((in 274 reviews)); "time jobs have low salaries compared to the industry average and you are expected to work 50 hours for it." ((in 113 reviews)); "Bad upper management." ((in 108 reviews)); "HR and managers not good" ((in 105 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.

Fastenal reviews

3.4

63% would recommend to a friend

(5,815 total reviews)

Daniel Florness

77% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

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Fastenal has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 5,815 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).

Reviews by job title

6K reviews

1.0

Dec 20, 2014

Do not join If You Do Care about your Career!!!

Developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible Timings As long as i was there , I believe even that would have changed.

Cons

If you want to join because they are paying you good bucks!! do it only if you want to use it as temporary step. Don't stay long believe me its not worthy!! If you see positive reviews about this company in India that must be management's strategy to survive. Very Poor Management Quick hire and quick Fire Policies changes on a regular basis(Not Friendly that i promise) Funniest Part- Management changes at regular basis No Values Not open Not Transparent Biggest thing,Its heading South!!!

1.0

Dec 17, 2014

242424

Outside sales representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good for recent college grads

Cons

they hire you for 24000 , hire 24 year olds , and it takes 2-4 months to get hired

3.0

Dec 17, 2014

Interesting Place to gain Experience

Sales associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The will allow you to deal with customers at a very early stage in your training. Management in the company is easy to work with.

Cons

The good people leave quickly. Managers are close to the same age as the college students working for them. They do not have a lot of experience and knowledge to educate the younger employees. They won't blink an eye letting you go if sales drop for a month. During my time there we saw an extremely rapid growth in sales which required more manpower to handle. We hired 2 more people. We changed managers and within 1 month they let one person go due to a drop off in sales. They didn't even give the new manager time to recover from the transition and boost the sales back up.

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