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 (465) , Sales Support (445) , Outside Sales Representative (347) , Account Specialist (260) , Supply Chain Associate (207) , OUTSIDE SALES (130) , Sales Representative (92) , Sales (88) , Branch Operations Manager (70) , Onsite Account Representative (54) , Warehouse Associate (50) , 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 278 reviews)); "Always understaffed and flexible hours." ((in 178 reviews)); "Good benefits and family atmosphere" ((in 141 reviews)); "The training is great and the job is interesting" ((in 134 reviews)); "Good work environment and people" ((in 113 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 662 reviews)); "over worked and poor management" ((in 268 reviews)); "Bad upper management." ((in 115 reviews)); "manager was bad but most people in company were great" ((in 106 reviews)); "time jobs have low salaries compared to the industry average and you are expected to work 50 hours for it." ((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.

Fastenal reviews

3.5

65% would recommend to a friend

(5,795 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 5,795 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

Mar 7, 2012

delivery driver underpaid and overworked

Route delivery driver

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

predictable schedule, routes stay the same. Nice trucks, not a 10 year old truck with a million miles on it, in the fleet. They take care of their equipment. They deliver their own product to their own stores, no third party contract here (yet) . Vacations can be split up, we didn't have to take an entire week off when we only needed a couple days off.

Cons

PAY, a monthly salary for a truck driver is rediculous, most salaries are based on a 40 hour a week job, and we all know drivers work in excess of 50-70 hours a week. Management won't hear out complaints, it's the old see no evil hear no evil at this place.

4.0

Feb 29, 2012

Great First Job

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Opportunity to gain experience Room to advance to management role Decent pay Good Training, they send you up to dc

Cons

Most employees dontt stay more than 2 years 7-5 am shift Hard to move up past a gm position Dont expect to make more than 50gs

2.0

Feb 23, 2012

Progressively worse every year and I have been here over 8

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I make over $70,000 a year working in a store but I earn every penny and then some. That is the only one.

Cons

Long hours Conflicting goals between the branches and national accounts You will never have a sense of accomplishment for longer than 15 minutes Too much is expected out of employees Employees are spread so thin they can only put about 50% effort into each responsibility Never will you get a raise in base salary Fastenal gets sued and decides to pay all managers a minimum of $50k per year. On the surface this looks good but when dig deeper, its just a reward for under performing, loss producing stores. If you busted your butt to earn the $50k on your own your store is doing $80 grand per month. Now you can do $6 grand a month and have no experience and make the same amount. And we wonder why people quit.

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Progressively worse every year and I have been here over 8

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