Fastenal

Fastenal Employee Review

You can make most of the role but like any role you reach it max

GM (Current Employee) - Mississauga, ON - 3 September 2023

Fastenal as a company are good and the people I have met are excellent. Good people, job and good challenges. The pay could be a lot better than it is though. I have learnt a lot here from bottom to up and would recommend that to anyone. They teach you well and you do have make the most of your skill set of being hardworking, ambitious and also being a solution provider. Like any other job, there are some mundane tasks. The supply chain is also good, 95% of the time, product does come on time. But that 5% can be like Murphys Law, however this can be eradicated if you know how to work the channels to provide solutions. The people are great and definitely make the culture/environment. The only gripe with the company is that the pay doesn't reflect the stress in any role. The PT roles I feel the pay is decent. The Full-time roles, not so much, although it's higher on the commission side in terms of bonuses, it also can lead to renumaration not being consistent, which of course is dependent on growth and how stable the branch is. There will be good/bad days.If the base was higher with a fairly decent commission % this would be an amazing job.

Pros

Support, Culture, Internal promotions, Training, People

Cons

Pay on the Base side, not enough support at the branch level, constant feeling of feeling you haven't done enough

Ratings by category

3.0 out of 5 stars for Work/Life Balance

2.0 out of 5 stars for Salary/Benefits

4.0 out of 5 stars for Job security/advancement

3.0 out of 5 stars for Management

4.0 out of 5 stars for Culture

Was this review helpful?

View all 3,678 reviews

Similar reviews

Same roleSame location

Upper Management boys club

GM (Former Employee) - Mississauga, ON - 8 February 2023

If you’re not part of the boys club don’t count on staying too long. Training is below par. As with any other large company, you are just a number.

Was this review helpful?

Same role

Good place to learn and start

GM (Current Employee) - Ontario - 26 November 2022

Growth opportunities narrow down/disappear as you grow. Watch your back always it is an extremely competitive work environment. No salary increase no performance reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Same location

Work ,work work good for high school graduate and drop out and those not intending to go to university.

Procurement Assistant (Current Employee) - Mississauga, ON - 28 November 2019

Poor structure and greedy gm and bm . No commission have what you to work and drop dead. Run away if you can . No overtime once you are about exceeding 20 or 30 hours per week of part-time they will find a way out themselves.

Was this review helpful?