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 been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Fastenal?

65% of Fastenal employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Fastenal 3.8 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 (510) , General Manager (466) , Sales Support (445) , Outside Sales Representative (347) , Account Specialist (260) , Supply Chain Associate (208) , OUTSIDE SALES (130) , Sales Representative (92) , Sales (88) , Branch Operations Manager (71) , Onsite Account Representative (54) , Warehouse Associate (51) , 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 287 reviews)); "Always understaffed and flexible hours." ((in 186 reviews)); "Good benefits and can learn about industry" ((in 143 reviews)); "Great training to help sales and knowledge of customers" ((in 131 reviews)); "Good work environment and people" ((in 107 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 676 reviews)); "over worked and poor management" ((in 264 reviews)); "Low pay and commission" ((in 105 reviews)); "HR and managers not good" ((in 105 reviews)); "time jobs have low salaries compared to the industry average and you are expected to work 50 hours for it." ((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

3.5

65% would recommend to a friend

(5,805 total reviews)

Daniel Florness

78% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Culture & values

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 5,805 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

4.0

Jun 24, 2014

Learned a lot and a lot about myself

Account specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

If you are persistent, thorough and work hard it is hard to not be succesful time off is not bad endless tools at your disposal to make your job easier if you know where to look potential for good commissions if you are in or near a big city

Cons

everyone has to start part time-if that isnt a slap in the face to a new hire I dont know what is being passed over for a promised promotion is not uncommon when things go bad, it seemed that the culture of the company focused on doom and gloom and scare tactics

4.0

Jun 23, 2014

Good gig if you haven't got a degree.

Part time sales support

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Friendly staff, good customer base, generally can make your own schedule.

Cons

Corporate decides to implement programs without any word to it's store level employees, transportation system can be horrendous.

2.0

Jun 20, 2014

Pay Raises are a Moving Target.

Store manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Upper management is mostly hands off. If you're a store manager you get to drive the company truck home. Otherwise, not much.

Cons

They believe in internal competition which is the ruination of organizational health. While profit is high, turnover is even higher. If you're good, you'll get a promotion but that will include a new sales goal before getting into bonus/commission money. Thus, you take one step forward and two steps back as the goal posts keep getting pushed back. When I was there the management was very uneducated in managerial styles and supervision techniques. The high-turnover-store-employees are often recent college grads whereas the upper management went to the school of hard knocks, stay forever, and don't realize how lacking they are in their managerial talent.

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