It is what you make it! - General Manager Fastenal Employee Review

4.0
May 31, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Upward mobility for motivated, dedicated hard workers. I read alot of bad about Fastenal, but in the end I have seen mostly good. One thing holds true, if your under a bad GM its gonna be bad! I had a bad GM, but I stuck to it, did my job well, learned all I could and put it to use, now I am the GM and continue to learn and grow with the company. Fastenal School of Business, if taken seriously is a huge benefit, where else can you go where they give you all the tools you need to succeed? No where that I have ever worked.

Cons

Sometimes you are over worked and can get burned out. Balancing a store and family is rough at times.

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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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