Think 'Madmen' but in 2022 - Anonymous employee Fastenal Employee Review

1.0
Mar 10, 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The company is growing and has a great reputation in the market.

Cons

Benefits are terrible. Pay is significantly below the median in this field. They do not offer any living wage increases and after 6 years I ended up worse off financially than when I started. The mentality is the worst part: they do not support promotion to new roles and will make a point to hold people back from new opportunities in order to avoid backfilling. Management are very old school and do not value diversity or inclusion. They refuse to allow people to work from home. Women rarely get promoted and are paid significantly less than their male counterparts. The leadership are middle aged white mysogynistic men. Anti-progression.

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5.0
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Cons

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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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