Do you make excuses for why you can't? Then your not meant to work here. - Anonymous employee Fastenal Employee Review

5.0
Apr 23, 2014
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I love my job. I have been general manager for one year and look forward to work everyday. If you are a hard worker who doesn't get stuck in the negative you can be very very successful. FASTENAL is not for everyone. So much flexibility to run MY BUISNESS the way I want to. If you can go pound the pavement every day looking for opportunities and a sale you will be successful. Fastenal can teach you with the tools we have at our fingertips. But not everyone is worth the time.

Cons

I don't believe there are any.

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Cons

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