OK first job, growth opportunities limited - Software Developer Fastenal Employee Review

3.0
Jan 5, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Coworkers and direct management were kind and expectations were reasonable.

Cons

Old, difficult to maintain in house programs. Work involved bugfixes, migrations and tiny feature changes, had little to offer in terms of design and engineering challenges. There is a ceiling on skills growth and career growth, and affecting meaningful change is difficult due to an old, beaureaucratic style of management.

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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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