Great First Job - Sals Associate Fastenal Employee Review

4.0
11 Feb 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-Very dynamic job, gives you experience in many areas of business -Relaxed work environment- depends on your GM and DM -If you are a good worker, you will stand out given the small branch environment -Work hard and strategically, and you will be valued

Cons

-often have to start out part time with low pay, and hope there is a full time position that comes up -When full-time pay/commission structure can be difficult- but if your branch is growing sales by a lot compared to previous year, you can easily make a couple thousand a month in just commission, on top of base-- if negative growth you will maybe make $200-400 commission -small team can be challenging in terms of work load if someone calls in sick or on vacation -limited flexibility and vacation days- probably not the best job if you have kids

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5.0
6 Apr 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great culture and good entry level skills

Cons

The pay could be better

3.0
18 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You get to meet great people along the way. POS system is a great tool.

Cons

Fastenal does not do performance reviews. Trying to get a raise is near impossible. When you ask for a raise they upper management says that you need to sell more..... Fastenal seems like it's trying to weed out there tenure employees and higher college grads with no experience and little pay to replace seasoned personnel.

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