Long hours, hard work, but great experience - General Manager Fastenal Employee Review

3.0
22 May 2016
Recommend
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Pros

The amount of experience in operating a business is much more than you will get with any other sales job. As a manager of a larger store, I have a fair amount of autonomy and am able to make many decisions including the type of business I go after to my employees' schedules.

Cons

The 50-hour weeks start to run you down quickly. There is a lot of competition to reach the next promotion and sometimes the company focuses on unimportant parts of the business (freight) and forgets more important parts

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5.0
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Pros

Great culture and good entry level skills

Cons

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4.0
5 Jun 2026
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Pros

Opportunity to grow and advance, good work life balance.

Cons

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