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 275 reviews)); "Always understaffed and flexible hours." ((in 173 reviews)); "Good benefits and can learn about industry" ((in 139 reviews)); "The training is great and the job is interesting" ((in 127 reviews)); "Good work environment and people" ((in 114 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 273 reviews)); "Bad upper management." ((in 110 reviews)); "Very low commission." ((in 106 reviews)); "time jobs have low salaries compared to the industry average and you are expected to work 50 hours for it." ((in 103 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

3.0

Sep 6, 2015

Good company if you need a job to cover the bills

Applications engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

High energy workplace, never boring great people to work with, customer focused and results driven

Cons

Pay sucks. With all the other jobs out there, I just couldn't justify staying at a low salary level.

2.0

Sep 5, 2015

General Manager

General manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

No weekend work. Decent opportunity to advance. Great "starter job". Good place to gain management experience and build a sales portfolio.

Cons

Terrible pay, no support, company is too focused on stock price and margin to care about anything else. Overwork their employees with no raises and frequent changes to pay scale and commission payments. They seem to change the pay scale to boost the company's bottom line. I worked for them for 4 years and was a am anger for 3 of them. I finally got fed up with the extreme lack of support from upper management and the constant call for better margin and more sales, but they only took assets away from the store instead of bulking them up because we were not profitable enough. The company sets pricing for the big aacounts and then they turn around and take commission away from employees for low margin even though they set the pricing, not the branch.

4.0

Sep 1, 2015

Chill Job

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible, positive environment, easy to move up quick

Cons

Low base salary, hours are long

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