Working for Fastenal is like being married to an abusive spouse who beats you and then tells you they love you. - Avis employé OUTSIDE SALES Fastenal

1,0
13 mai 2014
Recommande
Approbation du PDG
Perspective commerciale

Avantages

Friends do not let friends work at Fastenal. Fastenal has continually decreased the pay for their workers every year. This means that you will have to work that much harder and sell that much more this year to make the same as last year. Fastenal will also under resource you and under staff your store to the point that it is impossible to get out and sell more, then they will tell how much opportunity you have and it is your fault for not doing more.

Inconvénients

Fastenal is extremely frustrating to work for, so let’s say you do manage to grow sales. What happens next is they will hire another sales person to handle the increased business, giving them half you accounts/pay. Or they will spin another store off of yours and you will lose half your accounts/pay to that new store. Now you are back to where you started, and they will tell you that all you have to do is go out and get more business to get your pay back up. You will never ever get anywhere, even though they make it look like you are commission based, in reality you work for a measly small salary compared to how hard they will make you work.

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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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