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 274 reviews)); "Always understaffed and flexible hours." ((in 186 reviews)); "Good benefits and can learn about industry" ((in 142 reviews)); "The training is great and the job is interesting" ((in 131 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 675 reviews)); "over worked and poor management" ((in 264 reviews)); "Poor upper management." ((in 106 reviews)); "time jobs have low salaries compared to the industry average and you are expected to work 50 hours for it." ((in 103 reviews)); "HR and managers not good" ((in 103 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

(5,795 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

4.0

Apr 3, 2012

Great college job

Sales support

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Love the people I work with. Work around my school schedule. Decent pay for a part time job.

Cons

Certain things within the company can be annoying. You can't depend on the warehouse. Limited part time hours available.

3.0

Mar 30, 2012

Ups and downs

Sales support

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Fastenal is a great company for anyone working part time. You get great part time pay, steady hours convient to your schedule, and its a great learning experience. You get to drive a nice work truck, meet lots of great people, and theres lots of great benefits. Fastenal likes to promote from within so theres a good chance of working your way up to outside sales or manager.

Cons

Fastenal likes to promote people to manager positions that they are not yet ready for so your have your handful of bad managers, like every company of course. The store you work at will most likely not be convienent for you at all, and alot of your check will go to gas. Time management can be somewhat stressful as part time depending which store you work at (stores with vending specifically). Training of employees is lacking which can also be said for communication with management.

4.0

Mar 12, 2012

great company but most of the leaders in Shanghai office seem very immature and too young

Team leader

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

great opportunity to learn if you could have a good leader and they lost a few very good leaders, turn over is high

Cons

pay is just ok. some leaders are not professionals

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