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, 3.6 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 281 reviews)); "Always understaffed and flexible hours." ((in 178 reviews)); "Good benefits and can learn about industry" ((in 144 reviews)); "Great training to help sales and knowledge of customers" ((in 127 reviews)); "Good work environment and people" ((in 115 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 673 reviews)); "over worked and poor management" ((in 272 reviews)); "Bad upper management." ((in 110 reviews)); "time jobs have low salaries compared to the industry average and you are expected to work 50 hours for it." ((in 101 reviews)); "Low pay and commission" ((in 101 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.

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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

2.0

Feb 7, 2014

Not bad for right after college

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very Independent Work, Fast paced job

Cons

Stressful, Lack of training, lack of tools to help

4.0

Jan 24, 2014

Great vision of sustainable growth for where the company wants to go

Sales trainee/outside sales

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great coworkers for the most part. Great hands on training in the industrial and construction supplies field. A first hand look at different industries that require the products and services of an industrial and construction supply company.

Cons

The training all around is sub par. The online training is ineffective. The two branches that I've worked at have a sink or swim mentality from management as well as other coworkers.

3.0

Jan 20, 2014

Worked in several different districts and none were the same.

Sales support

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great Part Time Opportunities Good Job for a college student Really learn different aspects of running a business Promotion are typically considered within first

Cons

District Manager can micromanage a lot Really not decentralized decision making, district managers try to have a foot in everything A lot of hard work and not great Sales pay Benefits could be better There goal is to benefits there pockets more then the customer (vending machines or customers that don't need them, and bin stock for smaller customers that don't need them)

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