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 (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 279 reviews)); "Always understaffed and flexible hours." ((in 191 reviews)); "Good benefits and can learn about industry" ((in 136 reviews)); "Great training to help sales and knowledge of customers" ((in 135 reviews)); "Good work environment and people" ((in 111 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 667 reviews)); "over worked and poor management" ((in 271 reviews)); "HR and managers not good" ((in 104 reviews)); "Poor upper management." ((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.

Fastenal reviews

3.4

63% would recommend to a friend

(5,811 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 5,811 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

4.0

Mar 10, 2015

Challenging with reward

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

New and different challenges everyday. Lots of good benefits.

Cons

Put in some difficult situations where you might not have a lot of guidance.

3.0

Mar 9, 2015

Fastenal

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Competitive. Good money. Non physical labor.

Cons

Some management. Vendors. Boring. Starting low salary

3.0

Mar 8, 2015

Great work environment, not compensated well at all

Outside sales representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great coworkers and laid back feel. Flexible schedule if you get your work done. Awesome sales experience. Great resume builder.

Cons

Responsible for absolutely every aspect of sales. Being deliveries, orders, accounting, account collecting, and so on... commission pay structure is always changing in favor of the company. The over all pay is way below what it should be for as much as we do.

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