It's interesting - Anonymous employee Fastenal Employee Review

3.0
5 Apr 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Get a sweet discount, work truck, good benefits. Go into work at 7:30 and you won't leave till 5. Get a full days work in. 10 dollars an hour starting pay

Cons

If you are a part timer it isn't worth it. You will be promised to be a sales trainee and in reality you will be putting away stock all day and taking out the garbage. You will look around and notice that there are few people who have been with the company for very long due to the high turnover rate. In winter time your hours will be cut back to 16 a week which makes life difficult especially if you are like me and are a college student.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
27 Jun 2026
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Pros

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

Cons

Pay is low based on competitors. Politics, lots of it. Cost-centers everywhere. Everyone has to make money off the branches: the hub, NA, regions, support, etc. Being a GM is probably one of the hardest jobs. Your job on the lean team is to support NA and the branch. It is hard to fully support both at the same time. It is a balancing act that frequently is blamed on you. Frequently, your coworkers just want to put their name on your work and create problems because of their egos.

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