look somewhere else - Sales Support Fastenal Employee Review

2.0
Jan 13, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

-it's a great place to learn about fasteners and sales -most managers are pretty easy to get along with and are pretty flexible when time off is needed -job can be pretty slack if the district manager is not there looking over your shoulder

Cons

-pay can be atrocious and lately support personnel have only been allowed to have 18 hours per week doing the same job that we were given 32-40 hours per week before -upper management is clueless about current economic conditions and expect consistant growth

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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

Gets repetitive after a while

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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