Sales Support - Sales Support Fastenal Employee Review

2.0
Apr 1, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Provides basic entry level experience for someone directly out of school.

Cons

They do not pay you a living wage for any of their jobs. When you are hourly, you make $12.00 an hour which is a impossible to live off of. Their sallary jobs force you to work atleast fifty hours a week and again you make next to nothing for your efforts $30,000-$40,000. This company is a stepping stone to gain experience in order to get an actual job and nothing more.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Jun 30, 2026
Recommend
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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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