Fastenal reviews

3.5

65% would recommend to a friend

(5,802 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 5,802 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
3.0
Feb 10, 2013

Fastenal has a variety of construction products

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Pros

Great pay hourly Get to learn a lot of different products

Cons

Management was really unorganized, was supposed to have an internship there and they never gave me one after I started working part-time, which they told me I had to do to get an internship. Also didn't really seem to care that I was a student

4.0
Feb 10, 2013

Good Experience

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Pros

Good job to have in college. Gave me a broad understanding of distribution. Gained experience in receiving, sourcing, quoting prices, placing orders, delivering products, customer service, and retail. No doubt that this led to my first internship in supply chain.

Cons

7am starts are not fun while in college. Other than that, it really depends on your general manager, and there is a high turnover rate. I worked for three GMs in one year... some I liked working for... some I didn't.

1.0
Jan 25, 2013
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Pros

No weekends unless your store moves- then if you are salaried you are screwed and will work an extra 30 hours that weekend for free- not my definition of a pro. Paid holidays.

Cons

As outside sales- 50 hours, crappy pay, micromanagement, too many 'responsibilities' that take away from your time selling. Very little control of 'selling' to your accounts, little possibility for growth, no 'perks' or incentives beyond a paycheck, they combine your paycheck and commission into one check so you get screwed in taxes, if you aren't in sales- don't worry you won't be held accountable for your job, not wrote up or reprimanded ever even if you get caught falsifying time cards. Corp holds paychecks an extra day or two (paychecks- even direct deposit ) are not consistently distributed on time- I think that they hold paychecks to make more interest of your check. They push and push and threaten you to make you sell vending- but there is no training for it after you sell it. Everyone's answer to every question is 'do a FASTHELP' which is neither fast nor helpful and always a waste of time. Noone in the company knows how to use the words THANK YOU OR GOOD JOB.

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