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      Fastenal reviews

      3.5

      65% would recommend to a friend

      (5,803 total reviews)

      Daniel Florness

      78% approve of CEO

      58% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.8

      Work/Life balance

      3.6

      Culture & values

      3.6

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      3.2

      Senior management

      2.8

      Compensation and benefits

      Fastenal has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 5,803 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
      1.0
      Aug 14, 2013

      Fired via TEXT MSG after not hitting sales goals due to 3 factory shut downs in my sales territory.

      General manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Fastenal School of Business-Training Advancement Opportunity (due to high turnover) Unpredictable days - always something new

      Cons

      I took a failing store and doubled the sales the first year, then the 2nd year, but on the 3rd year the sales took a nose dive due to factory closings...and they fired me..via TEXT. No loyalty to hard working employees. Warped commission structure = NO Commission NO raises Long hours doing everything from scrubbing toilets, unloading trucks, taking phone orders, picking orders, selling and delivering as General Mgr. Stores are grossly understaffed.

      4.0
      Aug 12, 2013

      Overall good experience over 10 years employed there.

      Computer support
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Company is growing, if your in sales you have a good opportunity to make good money as you are in a bonus program.

      Cons

      Not a lot of room for advancement, company seems to have a lot of family and friends so if you haven't been there since the beginning or have family who's been in the company then advancement won't be an option. CEO doesn't feel computer department contributes to helping on sales and considers it to be an expense - IT department only got a very small bonus and since has been excluded from the bonus program and base pay compensated, but is still $5000 - $7000 lower than the national average for the area on annual pay.

      2.0
      Aug 3, 2013

      Incompetent and deceitful lower mgmt.; upper mgmt. couldn't care less

      Sales support
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great place to make local industrial connections; good entry level way to learn the ins and outs of a diverse sales environment; company will likely do well for a time because they force sales staff to rape the customer on pricing and pay next to nothing on national advertising (by relying on low-paid sales support to do sales calls on the promise of advancement)

      Cons

      Low wages; branch managers are poorly trained and often unqualified; promises of advancement depend on sucking-up to DMs, not on loyalty or performance

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