Pros
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.
Cons
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.