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 (466) , Sales Support (445) , Outside Sales Representative (347) , Account Specialist (260) , Supply Chain Associate (208) , OUTSIDE SALES (130) , Sales Representative (92) , Sales (88) , Branch Operations Manager (71) , Onsite Account Representative (54) , Warehouse Associate (51) , 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 277 reviews)); "Always understaffed and flexible hours." ((in 180 reviews)); "Good benefits and can learn about industry" ((in 148 reviews)); "Good work environment and people" ((in 119 reviews)); "training and looks good on your resume" ((in 112 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 260 reviews)); "Poor upper management." ((in 109 reviews)); "time jobs have low salaries compared to the industry average and you are expected to work 50 hours for it." ((in 107 reviews)); "Low pay and commission" ((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

(5,802 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 5,802 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

2.0

Feb 26, 2015

Good starter job but use them before they use you up!

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

If you have no experience or background, you can get a solid job to get things moving. No weekends, no evenings required.

Cons

Fastenal only cares about profits. They do not care about people. They will use you and spit you out whenever they are ready. If you have no experience, start at Fastenal since they will hire anyone and then look elsewhere, outside of their industry. Fastenal has no loyalty to anyone. The pay is paltry. You could do better anywhere else once you get this experience on your CV.

2.0

Feb 20, 2015

Not worth your time

Osp

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Some career advancement Holiday and weekends off

Cons

10 hour days 5 days a week-- no overtime. Changing pay scale-- usually in favor of the company not the sales person. Corp is always changing the sales focus. Eg: vending one month, margin the following. Lack of communication between corporate and stores. Lack of yearly reviews/hard to acquire a raise. Horrible technology: POS System, Vending management software, website.

1.0

Feb 13, 2015

Dysfunctional

Assistant general manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

After years of being with the company, I can't think of any good qualities.

Cons

management above the GM is too busy worrying about the numbers and inner-company political B.S. to be useful. I spent years being ridden like Sea-biscuit because I didn't know that I could find a better job in our local area. I put in upwards of 60 hours a week and was never praised or recognized, just ridiculed.

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