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 (512) , General Manager (467) , Sales Support (446) , Outside Sales Representative (347) , Account Specialist (260) , Supply Chain Associate (209) , 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 270 reviews)); "Always understaffed and flexible hours." ((in 183 reviews)); "Good benefits and can learn about industry" ((in 144 reviews)); "Good training and lots of opportunities" ((in 135 reviews)); "Good work environment and people" ((in 115 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 683 reviews)); "over worked and poor management" ((in 272 reviews)); "Bad upper management." ((in 109 reviews)); "time jobs have low salaries compared to the industry average and you are expected to work 50 hours for it." ((in 102 reviews)); "They (whatever algorithm they use) set unreasonable goals which meant the commission was low (which I didn't qualify to receive anyway because of my job title)." ((in 102 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

(5,813 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 5,813 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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6K reviews

1.0

Sep 9, 2014

Developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

There is no positives to be found at that wretched place.

Cons

Very problematic to work at that place. No peace of mind. No body has any sense off things going on. On source vs off source issue. Little mad VP and managers. They hire and fire without any reason. No minimum decency. Your are expected to take orders and you will not even know, why you are fired. Neither you will learn anything from this company. Somehow it feels good to be get fire by this company. Make a informed decision before joining this place, if you have to join. Talk to more than couple of people who have worked or working before you join, if you must need to join.

3.0

Sep 7, 2014

Not much training

Sales representative

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

learning experience if you don't know much about nuts bolts etc

Cons

no training, inadequate management not open on weekends

2.0

Sep 6, 2014

Driving straight truck

Stright truck driver

Recommend

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Pros

On your own with not much info. from above you. You learn from mistakes you make.

Cons

Never know when the truck will arrive so you can get on your way to your stops, 20' bundles suck , truck needs repaired your doing it on your own time, get paid on the 1st and the 16th and if on weekend automatically goes to Monday, checks don't give breakdown of your mileage and other incentives (could be getting ripped off), store employees don't have to help you while your struggling, pay that you make is not worth the responsibilities you have, insurance for family is over $250 per check, stores love to complain about you,

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