Outside Sales - Outside Sales Representative Fastenal Employee Review

2.0
Nov 23, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Can be a rewarding Job...Good intro to the Hardware Industry Sometimes You feel like You did something good Company vehicles to drive.

Cons

Sadly A Very Cheap Company Low Pay for Very Long Hours- min 50 hour week, sometimes 60+ Cheap Phones, Cheap Computer Systems Upper Management likes to Lecture Employee's based on their Propaganda of Fastenal. Basically a Very Backwards Company that Understaffs Stores, Overworks Employee's, and to Me it always struck Me as a Pyramid scheme, Upper Management reaps the benefits of Overworking & Browbeating their employee's over Unrealistic Corporate expectations based on Corporate profitability forecasts. Chronic Understaffing...Poor Business Judgement By Senior Mgmt. Of All the Companies I worked with Fastenal's training was some of the worst, not to mention their Cheap & Proprietary Computer applications which were very difficult to work with.

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5.0
Mar 6, 2026
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Pros

For such a large company, they move fast. If you demonstrate exceptional talent, it is rewarded much more quickly than other companies. Good decision-making gets a lot of attention.

Cons

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1.0
Jun 6, 2026
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Pros

I wish if there were anything worth mentioning.

Cons

My contract was changed three times in the span of three months. This is the most disorganized company I have ever worked for. As an employee, you are the least of their concerns expect to be asked to stay late, come in early, and take on tasks outside your job description. Due to chronic understaffing, you're pressured into doing extra work, and if you refuse, they will find a way to let you go.

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