Fastenal reviews

3.5

65% would recommend to a friend

(5,784 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 5,784 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
4.0
Jan 28, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

I work at an in-plant which is hands down the best place to be as a sales/sales support employee. I am constantly learning and I interact with customers all day everyday in a laid back atmosphere. High autonomy as long as you get your job done. They don't micromanage me (this is not what I've heard about working in a store). Overall, great place to start your career right out of college. If you're intelligent and a hard worker, you can and will move up quickly although you will almost certainly have to relocate to do so.

Cons

They start all new inexperienced employees out at part-time which is great if you're going to school and can graduate and move immediately into a full-time position but if you're already out of school, it's hard to live off of part-time. It takes at least 6 months to get to a full-time position.

4.0
Jan 4, 2012

It has given me great opportunity

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There is great room for advancement. If you have a strong work ethic you will succeed, if you don't...you won't.

Cons

The company is growing so fast that there are occasional managerial errors in the growth. Most of them are caught, some aren't.

5.0
Jul 6, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good starting pay, freedom to make your daily schedule, customer relationships, great people to work with if you get a good branch.

Cons

Low comissions, unrealistic goals such as growing actives +3 and web actives +2 EVERY MONTH, also want 2 new accounts EVERY MONTH. Frustrating to be griped out for not meeting those goals when everyone knows its not possible to do that every single month.

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