Fastenal Employer Reviews

Help customers with fasters for major company as well as small business. Fun place to work.

Fun, Fast Paced place to work. gruely work but fun bunch of managaers and people to work with

Standing still in one place all day but you can always get hours. Hire you in as part time so they don't have to give you insurance but want you to work full time hours.

This job allows you to not only gain sales experience, but also learn about a variety of industries by providing supplies to them

I would go in and receive the truck and start the day off with dropping product off to the customers. Then i would start doing cold calls and make sure the store is clean. I would be able to take my lunches when ever it was slow. Hardest part of the job for me was going to get new business. Its easy for others but was very difficult for me. I enjoyed – more... the employees that i worked with and we worked well as a team. – less

I enjoy my job, I have worked with many people with many types of personalities, Fastenal has a huge turnover because of school kids. I've worked in several departments familiarizing myself to how the company functions.

Fastenal allowed me to advance my customer service and sales skills exceptionally as my job focus was outside sales.

We would come in and get our equipment and head strait for our assigned sections and start pickin and packing.some managers were fine and my co-workers were great. the hardest part of the job was living off 25 hrs a week because thats all we were allowed.but i enjoyed the warehouse atmosphere.

I have worked for them for over two years. I have done many jobs and Ther longer I stay the more I begin to feel unappreciated. They have given me many chances when I have messed up and they rarely lay people off. They cut everyone's hours instead. The are very reasonable if you are going to school and need accomidations. Full time is very hard to get – more... and the salaries are generally on the low side. You have to wait until a manage quits or gets fired most times.Overall a three because they do not care about their employees enough. – less

Working with Fastenal has opened so many doors for me. This is a great company however the compensation is what will make you leave...

• Voted as class leader in Introduction and Intermediate sales courses.(Winona Minnesota)
• Exceeded monthly sales goals 25-50%.
• Expanded sales with existing and new business relationships.
• Delivered all of material and equipment directly to my customers

Begin the day by checking in inventory... Allocate items to accounts. Load up the delivery driver with orders that is on the route for the day. Take phone orders, call and check on customers. Check in vendor active items, keep track of purchase orders, and invoices

Good starting job. Meet a lot of good people. Were not allowed to make much money.

Job security is the biggest worry with the new turn that the company is taking.

The daily experience at each store is highly influenced by the immediate management chain. Job advancement is fairly common given the rate of turnover and the company prefers to promote from within. As a supplier, sales is a very big part of working here. Training is handled by a standardized program and the remainder is left to the immediate supervisor. – more... Sales cures all here. – less

Very fast pace work place, but even with that it was a very fun atmosphere to work in.

Fast Paced
I learned to run a profitable business from the ground up.
The Manager hired me in Lubbock and is still my very good friend.
Meeting sales goals was challenging but rewarding.
I enjoyed meeting people and developing relationships to build customer base.

People are friendly, along with a great work atmosphere and decent pay. Benefits are decent. Well managed and well kept.

The work/life balance is good but management is poor. Some managers have no business background or acumen. Expectations change monthly and are not realistic as the company fatally assumes "ceteris paribus", a latin phrase meaning all things being equal, conditions. Pay is great if you are motivated and can grow your business.

Fastenal is a great company to work for. They are very dedicated to their employees. It was a pleasure to work for them. I had an awesome supervisor and coworker.