Fastenal reviews

3.5

65% would recommend to a friend

(5,785 total reviews)

Daniel Florness

78% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Fastenal has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 5,785 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
2.0
Feb 17, 2014

Not the Company it once was

Recommend
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Pros

I had great colleagues to work with. Worked close to home

Cons

Very Poor Upper Management . "you asked, we did it" That moto should actually read " we took it, and now we are kind of giving it back, but not really" Who do you think your fooling Lee?? Apparently the job description for a dm is to sit behind their laptop all day (for the most part from the comforts of their home) and tell you to go out and have big days. They somehow expect you to go out in one or two days go from 25% of goal to 75%. This usually occurs the last few days of the month after they start to panic because their district is not on pace to hit goal. When the DM does make his way to the branch, they usually end up sitting in the branch doing god knows what. Readers digest version is that DMs have know clue what is actually going on in any of their branches book of business because they can't get out from behind the laptop long enough to go out and help making actual sales calls with their managers. That would then require them to take responsibility which they clearly pass the buck.

2.0
Feb 14, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Great training and general knowledge of how to run a business. Good stepping stone company to start at.

Cons

Your commission structure seems to change every quarter. So often you never really understood how it worked. District Managers never pay you what you are worth regardless of your score card.

2.0
Feb 13, 2014

Where are they headed

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

We are everywhere with the ability to adequately service customers large and small.

Cons

Pay is way below average which translates to high turnover as employees leave for better paying jobs. Claims to be decentralized but that is quickly changing. Branch managers are losing more and more if the decision making ability that once made us great. Margin is slipping and upper management doesn't understand we have just about tapped out the 50% market. They fail to realize freight as a line item in an invoice is very unappealing to customers. We are high in price and you want us to charge freight. Wonder why growth has slowed???

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