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      Fastenal reviews

      3.5

      65% would recommend to a friend

      (5,802 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 5,802 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
      1.0
      Jan 22, 2013

      Lured in with false promises and hopes

      Outside sales
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -Initial 3 month period there is overtime -Driving a Dodge Ram! -Great sales experience; territory management, B2B, cold calling, account managing... all sales experiences here will equate to greater success in the future -Meeting with blue collar customers (more laid back, friendly, outgoing) -Traveling occasionally to locations such as Wynona, MN (loved it there, met many great people that work for the company), Indianapolis, Orlando, etc -Great week long training in Wynona... very informative, will learn many sales techniques

      Cons

      Where to start... -Poor pay and commission/bonus structure -I was told I would be an outside sales associate, yet I'm stuck working in the store 90% of the time -Horrible upper management that makes false promises -Never able to handle any account that performs over $500 month -I was told branch I'd be going into is successful (it was bottom performing branch) -Managers are often egomaniacal and do not care about their employees -You WILL meet some absolutely rude customers (not Fastenal's fault) -INSULTING christmas bonus (a box of candy? Wow, thanks Fastenal) -Insane amount of competition out there

      2.0
      Jan 15, 2013

      Great school but do not give your life to them

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great place to learn, if you have a good DM, you will always be challenged to make yourself a better employee. I have learned alot on lean management, ROA, ROI and simply managing people and put these skills to action. Its a great place to start if you cant go to university and want to properly learn how to run a business.

      Cons

      I really don't get the feeling they care about employees. Well, actually, they just don't. If they get a bad month they simply cut part timer hours without notice to leverage and make it a good month (the manager will have to put in extra hours to get jobs done), if that is not enough they will simply fire them and then the OSP's (the weakest links will go first), and this is not "downsizing" or "laying off" due to a bad year or something, it is simply firing people to cut spending on employees to save a single month!. Then when things get better, they hire new ones and the wheel goes on and on. We are also constantly threatened that we will lose our jobs if we don't fix "what ever is on their mind". Yeah, "what ever is on their mind" changes every week, you are never "safe" at fastenal, no matter how good you are. Great school but they do not deserve your life of effort.

      2.0
      Jan 12, 2013

      Not Impressed

      Sales support
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Pay is average (if you work overtime) and full benefits are nice. Flexible schedule in some cases. Advancement is based on sales numbers which makes sense, you do get what you work for.

      Cons

      Being a women in this company makes advancement seem unlikely if you are not living near or able to drive to corp. head quarters. Can't help but feel the 'good old boys' atmosphere EVERYDAY. When someone doesn't hit sales numbers for some reason they don't get fired they just get moved around to a different store or a different position. I understand that thought process if it's happening just once but for it happen to someone multiple times and they are never let-go or removed from sales... at some point management should man up and fire/demote the person.

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