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
1.0
Dec 4, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Being outside, seeing customers, flexibility to plan your day

Cons

Constant micromanaging, big brothering, terrible pay, crap commissions, uneducated coworkers, long hours, minimal paid holidays, no lunch, retail

1.0
Oct 4, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It was a good place/pay for a part time job, but the don't want part time, they want outside sales...

Cons

I was hired as a part time driver (per the add I responded to), but what they where really hiring for is outside sales. If they would have told me that I never would have turned my resume... The dress code for working in a 110 degree warehouse was dress shoes, pants, and shirt. The funniest part is when I ruined my shoes and pants working in the warehouse I didn't even make enough money to replace them... The end result was I was fired for turning down the "promotion" to outside sales. I told them when I was hired that I was in school and I couldn't make over 20k a year or I'd lose my grants. I think they thought they where going to talk me out of going to school for a career with them... The companies a joke...

1.0
Mar 27, 2026

Beware the restructuring

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Most management is great to work for. Good benefits.

Cons

Beware of the restructuring that happens every 2-3 years, just when you think you're at the top of your game after years of hard work...see ya don't let the door hit you on the way out! Far too willing to let all tribal knowledge go to save some money and find less experienced "yes men".

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