Fastenal the way it is. - Anonymous employee Fastenal Employee Review

4.0
16 Oct 2009
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You work with management to achieve goals together, individual stores are run like small businesses. They will train you and help you get to be a better sales person. It can be rather rewarding to move into a store manager position.

Cons

Depending on location, pay varies greatly and newer pay program is based mostly off sales growth over prior year, harder to do in these times.

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5.0
6 Mar 2026
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Pros

For such a large company, they move fast. If you demonstrate exceptional talent, it is rewarded much more quickly than other companies. Good decision-making gets a lot of attention.

Cons

Low starting pay makes it so that there are not a lot of applicants for entry level positions. Bad employee behavior is tolerated because it's hard to backfill the position.

1.0
6 Jun 2026
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Pros

I wish if there were anything worth mentioning.

Cons

My contract was changed three times in the span of three months. This is the most disorganized company I have ever worked for. As an employee, you are the least of their concerns expect to be asked to stay late, come in early, and take on tasks outside your job description. Due to chronic understaffing, you're pressured into doing extra work, and if you refuse, they will find a way to let you go.

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