DO NOT WORK HERE IF YOU DO NOT HAVE TO!! - Avis employé Employé (anonyme) Fastenal

1,0
9 oct. 2009
Employé (anonyme)
Recommande
Approbation du PDG
Perspective commerciale

Avantages

Benefits and the fact that you only have to deal with middle management maybe once a month. Everything else about this company is a joke!

Inconvénients

Firstly, expect zero respect about your work ethic or intelligence from middle management. Trust me when I say there is no good enough. The pay structure is designed for you to never increase income. If you are on of the few lucky ones who begins getting high commissions, they milk you dry, fire you, then find someone to do your job for half the pay. The continually promise you things then renig on the offer and deny every proposing it in the first place. You will be expected to drive to other stores further way if they decide that's where they want you. Of course they will tell you that you will receive gas reimbursment, but you will not. As for the job itself, upper management expects unrealistic results, and does not help at all. In fact im not sure what the majority of management even does. The warehouse support is completely unreliable, which makes branch employees time and time again look like idiots. Still, in all those instances we are blamed. They even have an anual super sale where we have a goal to hit, and half the products on there we cannot stock at the store! And a quarter of those aren't stocked at our distribution centers, and they are made over seas so we have no option to bring them in. Honestly, what kind of legitiment business puts out a super sales promotion and come of the items aren't even obtainable!? I really do not understand how in the world this company became as big as they did. Either things were different years ago, or the excessive penny pinching pays off!

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5,0
30 avr. 2026
Recommande
Approbation du PDG
Perspective commerciale

Avantages

Good job to have during college. People are easy going and easy to get along with. Overall really good experience

Inconvénients

Gets repetitive after a while

3,0
9 juin 2026
Employé (anonyme)
Recommande
Approbation du PDG
Perspective commerciale

Avantages

They offer training programs through their internal “Fastenal School of Business.” A few good mentors to guide you should you find one and if you’re willing.

Inconvénients

* Work/Life Balance - No official WFH opportunities. Branch employees were told to report, even during the COVID-19 pandemic. 15 days of PTO (10 for vacation and 5 for sick). You don’t earn additional PTO until the start of the year following your 5 year anniversary. * Pay - pay is inconsistent and they find reasons to change your pay by eliminating and changing titles. Pay is below industry standard and is a base + bonus program for most roles. * Boys Club - Especially in MN/WI area. Positions created or filled for cast off tenured employees to find them another spot rather than termination. Promotions based on political moves instead of merit or opportunities for growth. Positions posted for new roles internally but sometimes not shared with teams to allow for those politically motivated decisons to fill a spot. If a role is only posted for 1-week vs 2-weeks, it usually means they have a specific candidate in mind to take that role. * Cheap & Tacky - Required to travel but not all meals are covered. Welcome to stay at hotel that offers free breakfast but no per diem for lunch or dinner. Some meetings or trainings might provide lunch. When traveling for team meetings or trainings, usually required to share rooms - sometimes with other employees you’ve never met. Encouraged to book rooms using discount codes provided by customers. There is a target room rate they’d like you to hit and sometimes it means driving out of the way. They’d rather the expense hit elsewhere such as fuel and travel versus the room rate.

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