OK first job, growth opportunities limited - Software Developer Fastenal Employee Review

3.0
Jan 5, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Coworkers and direct management were kind and expectations were reasonable.

Cons

Old, difficult to maintain in house programs. Work involved bugfixes, migrations and tiny feature changes, had little to offer in terms of design and engineering challenges. There is a ceiling on skills growth and career growth, and affecting meaningful change is difficult due to an old, beaureaucratic style of management.

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5.0
Jun 9, 2026
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Pros

Management is good Hours are negotiable Time off is available Opportunities to move up always available

Cons

No commissions for part time

3.0
Jun 18, 2026
Recommend
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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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