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 (511) , General Manager (467) , Sales Support (445) , 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 273 reviews)); "Always understaffed and flexible hours." ((in 175 reviews)); "Good benefits and can learn about industry" ((in 148 reviews)); "The training is great and the job is interesting" ((in 125 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 668 reviews)); "over worked and poor management" ((in 271 reviews)); "Bad upper management." ((in 108 reviews)); "time jobs have low salaries compared to the industry average and you are expected to work 50 hours for it." ((in 106 reviews)); "manager was bad but most people in company were great" ((in 104 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

(5,810 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 5,810 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

Jun 5, 2014

Sales Trainee

Sales trainee/outside sales

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

No weekends, work ends when the store closes at 5pm on friday. Good work life balance.

Cons

Poor communication by top management, trainees are used to complete all of the dirty work. Some locations are better than others. I was never given lunch breaks and had 15 minute breaks taken out of my schedule although I was not allowed by management to take a brake at our under-staffed store.

1.0

Jun 2, 2014

Stepping stone company

Sales associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-Good experience of basic Business to Business selling -Benefits 90 days after going FT -Job Security -Paid vacation

Cons

-Very cheap company -Constant back tracking on decisions made by corporate. -Complicated commission structure. -Sometimes stores compete against themselves. -Nepitism/Favortism by DMs in hiring and promoting. Ex of this is any open osp or specialist position in my district was filled by employees of one store

2.0

May 29, 2014

HORRIBLE PLACE TO WORK!!

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You can sleep while you are supposed to be working!

Cons

Lots of hours and very poor compensation. Also, pressure from management to pass false sales through around end of the quarter to try to skew numbers. Lowest paying company in this industry.

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HORRIBLE PLACE TO WORK!!

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