General Manager - General Manager Fastenal Employee Review

2.0
May 15, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Good out of college job to gain experience, - Working your own store, not much oversight to day to day activities

Cons

Turnover, lack of direction, low pay, not great benefits, one of the biggest things is that everyday something changes, one month company will focus on one thing then the next another. You never get a general idea of where you need to head to grow your business. Lack of a full-time staff makes it hard to gain new business, because not enough time to make quality sales jobs.. No commission on sales below 20% margin even though most of those sales are national accounts that you have no say in the pricing.

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Pros

Lots of responsibility. Decentralized company, which can work in your favor.

Cons

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