Fastenal reviews

3.5

65% would recommend to a friend

(5,795 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 5,795 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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6K reviews
3.0
Jan 22, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

It is a pretty easy job.

Cons

Like all retail, pay sucks. Plus part timers get hardly any hours. Fastenal has its own way to operate a retail store, which is pretty different than most retailers. Takes a little to get used to that system.

3.0
Jan 20, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You learn a lot about business and the way thing are handled in a branch atmosphere. If you are straight out of college and looking for a great place to help build your resume then Fastenal is a good start. If you are already in the professional world then it may not be the best place to go, the base pay and commission structure is really low. But a great place to help your resume.

Cons

Pay is really low for the amount of work performed. The commission structure is really difficult to explain and never really seems to work out to the employees favor.

3.0
Jan 9, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Flexible hours if you're a student - good place to learn a little bit about inventory management/tools/fasteners - Responsible for essentially running the store while OSP/GM are out on sales calls - Looks good on a resume

Cons

- NO FORMAL TRAINING, this is seriously the worst aspect of the job. They expect you to learn things by yourself, or get taught by the online courses. 1.) there's hardly any time to pay consistent attention to the online courses when you're constantly answering the phone, sourcing/pulling product, and helping walk in customers. If you don't learn the minute details of the job then you get yelled at for not picking up the pace. - the job can get VERY boring. Let's face it, fasteners aren't the most interesting thing in the world. - Expected to do a lot with very little guidance.

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