Its OK - General Manager Fastenal Employee Review

3.0
Nov 8, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Decentralized work place. You can run your business how you want to. Pay is alright for a starter job. They do a good amount of training.

Cons

Decentralized work place. Your boss can run his business how he wants to and if you get a new boss who is incompetent there is nothing you can do. This is a 30/30/30 company. They higher people under 30, pay them less then 30, and they stay around for less then 30 months on average.

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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
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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