Think 'Madmen' but in 2022 - Anonymous employee Fastenal Employee Review

1.0
10 Mar 2022
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The company is growing and has a great reputation in the market.

Cons

Benefits are terrible. Pay is significantly below the median in this field. They do not offer any living wage increases and after 6 years I ended up worse off financially than when I started. The mentality is the worst part: they do not support promotion to new roles and will make a point to hold people back from new opportunities in order to avoid backfilling. Management are very old school and do not value diversity or inclusion. They refuse to allow people to work from home. Women rarely get promoted and are paid significantly less than their male counterparts. The leadership are middle aged white mysogynistic men. Anti-progression.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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