Long hours, hard work, but great experience - General Manager Fastenal Employee Review

3.0
May 22, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

The amount of experience in operating a business is much more than you will get with any other sales job. As a manager of a larger store, I have a fair amount of autonomy and am able to make many decisions including the type of business I go after to my employees' schedules.

Cons

The 50-hour weeks start to run you down quickly. There is a lot of competition to reach the next promotion and sometimes the company focuses on unimportant parts of the business (freight) and forgets more important parts

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5.0
Apr 30, 2026
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Pros

Good job to have during college. People are easy going and easy to get along with. Overall really good experience

Cons

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2.0
Jun 30, 2026
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Pros

I like my coworkers and my GM is a good .

Cons

The business model and lean staffing is simply unsustainable. Entry level pay, part time, little training, no commissions. Fastenal is focused on the sale rather than the customer. The wing it mentatility leaves customer service lacking. It's a roll coaster of putting one fire out after the other. They sale the position during the interview process but after your in there's empty promises with no real timelines for when the advancement is coming. Upper management seems out of touch with the day to day business. If you ask for help they simply say you have a good schedule. It's extremely disappointing that it has turned out this way because I was excited about the prospect of becoming an Account manager.

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