So begins micromanagement - Anonymous employee Fastenal Employee Review

2.0
Aug 23, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Decent hours. That's really it. Everything wise now sucks. I hate being micromanaged

Cons

Beancounters just hit us with super micromanagement. Gotta log hours to the minute. Can't pull up our systems ahead of time. Can't do this. Can't do that. They don't pay us enough for this job. Oh gotta be careful you don't get overtime. I was enjoying my job. Not anymore. Time to hunt for something new.

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Cons

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