Nothing to write home about - General Manager Fastenal Employee Review

2.0
21 Nov 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Room for growth from entry level positions, always looking to promote from within. Most people you work with are generally good people.

Cons

Have to wear multiple hats due to understaffing. Never feels like there's a plan, have to adapt daily to customer needs as well as branch needs. Upper-management sets unrealistic expectations. Base pay is not even comparable to most competitors in the industry. Accounting/Finance team is impossible to deal with. You get full benefits/401k but the insurance coverage is really bad and super expensive.

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5.0
30 Apr 2026
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Pros

Good job to have during college. People are easy going and easy to get along with. Overall really good experience

Cons

Gets repetitive after a while

2.0
30 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

I like my coworkers and my GM is a good .

Cons

The business model and lean staffing is simply unsustainable. Entry level pay, part time, little training, no commissions. Fastenal is focused on the sale rather than the customer. The wing it mentatility leaves customer service lacking. It's a roll coaster of putting one fire out after the other. They sale the position during the interview process but after your in there's empty promises with no real timelines for when the advancement is coming. Upper management seems out of touch with the day to day business. If you ask for help they simply say you have a good schedule. It's extremely disappointing that it has turned out this way because I was excited about the prospect of becoming an Account manager.

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