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      Fastenal

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      Fastenal reviews

      3.4

      61% would recommend to a friend

      (5,821 total reviews)

      Daniel Florness

      75% approve of CEO

      56% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Fastenal has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 5,821 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Fastenal employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Transportation & Logistics industry (3.5 stars).

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      6K reviews
      2.0
      Oct 30, 2013

      You are just another cow waiting for the slaughter!!!!

      General manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      If your just unemployed and looking for a get you by job then it would be okay that's it.

      Cons

      Management from the top down is terrible! They all talk like programmed robots vending, web sales, freight, margin, price performance. They say your in outside sales but really it's route sales. Really it's a high pressure sales job that pays close to miminimum wage.

      2.0
      May 24, 2012

      King Dollar

      Sales support
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Flexible schedule for a college student, potential for task variety and some self directed work. Also a good way to learn about internal workings of a large variety of companies. If you are a business student you will be able to see the business concepts you study in action.

      Cons

      The company claims to be customer centered but it is completely profit centered. It also expects that its employees also be profit centered. Company is not particularly loyal, minor pat on the back for good sales rampant phone calls and threats if sales dip. Constant revolving door of full time employees that irritates customers and creates a death spiral of employees coming in, getting frustrated with an irritated customer, and walking back out. Also diminishing marginal returns on the amount of effort required to achieve dollars of commission. The amount of sales needed to equal a dollar per hour raise from another job is significant and also does not inspire loyalty in employees.

      2.0
      Nov 22, 2010

      What happened to this great company

      Outside sales representative
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -There is a great opportunity for advancement -The company offers a great service to its customers -Benefits are OK -Pay is good for an entry level position -Good way to learn about other companies in your community

      Cons

      -Fastenal has implemented a new training program that is not well thought out and very disorganized. -Fastenal has strayed away from its decentralized way of thinking - This has caused many valuable long time employees to either quit or become disgruntled. -Since going public Fastenal has lost their love for their employees and has become very money hungry -Fastenal has to strengthen itself internally before it can become strong externally -Fastenal has to rethink the direction it is heading.

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