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Working at Fastenal

Zippia score 4.4

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Fastenal overview

Industry
Wholesale
Revenue
$7.5B
Headquarters
Employees
20,565
Founded in
1967
Website
Organization type
Public
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Fastenal is a manufacturing company focusing on OEM, MRO, and construction supplies. Established in 1967 and currently led by CEO Daniel Lars Florness, the company has expanded from a single store to over 2,700 locations across the world, providing tailored local inventory and personal service for their customers. With an entrepreneurial culture, Fastenal encourages its employees to achieve success and become company leaders.

Fastenal currently has 20,565 employees and an annual revenue of $7.0 billion. Fastenal’s headquarters are located in Minnesota and the company prides itself on its global sourcing, quality, and logistics operations. Each store serves as a one-stop source for a wide selection of products catering to diverse industries and clients, including some of the highest-paying competitors like Hi-Line, O'Rourke Sales, and Clark Foodservice, Inc.

Fastenal's mission statement

To grow our company by providing our customers with a superior offering of products, consumption tracking capabilities and Reseller Consortium partners.

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4.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Nov 2025
Pros of working at Fastenal

The work schedule.

Cons of working at Fastenal

Not very many days off.

Fastenal benefits

The work schedule is not bad. Having a few more holidays would be nice. Also the ability to work from home. For certain positions it is not necessary to be in the office Monday-Friday from 8:30 to 5:00pm.

What do you like best about Fastenal's CEO and the leadership team?

The leadership is good. They are people that seem to care about the people under them.

How would you improve Fastenal's culture?

The culture is fine. Sometimes the communication could be better. The technology we use could be better.

How did you prepare for the Fastenal interview?

I researched the company and talked to someone I knew that was already employed at Fastenal.

How does your compensation at Fastenal compare to the industry average?

It’s lower than expected.

What's the diversity at Fastenal like?

Depending where you live, it seems to resemble the area.

What brings you the most joy at Fastenal?

My leadership and friendships.

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A zippia user wrote a review on Jul 2025
Pros of working at Fastenal

Flexibility minimal oversight Training

Cons of working at Fastenal

salary; IT infrastructure is mediocre

Fastenal benefits

no weekend work. 4 weeks paid vacation - 2 weeks to start

What do you like best about Fastenal's CEO and the leadership team?

Well experienced, trained, hired from within

How would you improve Fastenal's culture?

clearly defined job responsibilities.

How did you prepare for the Fastenal interview?

know what you want in the future. This company is all about sales. Taking care of customers

How does your compensation at Fastenal compare to the industry average?

Lower

What's the diversity at Fastenal like?

My branch is all white male but there is diversity at other branches

What brings you the most joy at Fastenal?

Landing a big sale. Organizing inventory

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1.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Oct 2024
Pros of working at Fastenal

None, terrible and awful

Cons of working at Fastenal

Horrible all over, only cons

Fastenal benefits

There are none and pay sucks

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5.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Oct 2023
Pros of working at Fastenal

well for starters i really like their management their they are very welcoming and care about their employees and want to see them shine if you show up everyday and you put the effort in your will be recognized in this company Fastenal looks for good work ethic with no work ethic you will get no where but if you show up everyday and put the work in it all pays off i like my employees as well very easy going and its not at all as bad as i thought it might be when i first started but it grew on me man and i really like this place i just wish the pay was better but over all its not a bad job

Cons of working at Fastenal

people calling off work people not showing up and people doing nothing but complaining about working listen if you apply for a job and you dont show up to work and call off all the time it starts to really mess people up man its not good i dont like how people will waste our time training people for them to just leave i have really been cracking down on the people that wanna work and who doesnt i just wish we had more people to come work thats what i dont like overall but at the end of the day it is what it is i still put the time and effort into this company because i see the growth we made in just this past year we have come so far in life its amazing how fast we are growing now

Fastenal benefits

PTO

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5.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Sep 2023
Pros of working at Fastenal

Excellent product training. Ability to pursue your career goals

Cons of working at Fastenal

Extensive product knowledge requirements

Fastenal benefits

Balanced work life

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4.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Jul 2023
Pros of working at Fastenal

Flexible, always busy days go by fast.

Cons of working at Fastenal

No consideration given to the amount of time you worked there. I.e your benefits aren't much better than someone that just started.

Fastenal benefits

Autonomy

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A zippia user wrote a review on Jun 2023
Pros of working at Fastenal

Everything but the compensation

Cons of working at Fastenal

Low pay

Fastenal benefits

Work Like Balance/Flexible schedule, great managers, freedom to run my book of business with minimal micro management.

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A zippia user wrote a review on Jan 2023
Pros of working at Fastenal

The customers and Selling

Cons of working at Fastenal

The environment and the management

Fastenal benefits

Paid holidays and Benefits

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A zippia user wrote a review on Sep 2021
Pros of working at Fastenal

The people are good for the most part. I say this because there are some decent people who are there to help and other people who a rude.

Cons of working at Fastenal

It is a very fast paced work environment.

Fastenal benefits

The pay is alright for a high school graduate.

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A zippia user wrote a review on Jul 2021
Pros of working at Fastenal

Variety of experiences with different business tasks

Cons of working at Fastenal

Limited opportunity for advancement

Fastenal benefits

Schedule can be flexible at times

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A zippia user wrote a review on Feb 2021
Pros of working at Fastenal

Room for growth. Sales experience.

Cons of working at Fastenal

Not too particular in nuts and bolts.

Fastenal benefits

Sales exposure and health benefits.

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A zippia user wrote a review on Apr 2020
Pros of working at Fastenal

Flexible hours, fair hourly wage, and using advanced POS systems

Cons of working at Fastenal

I feel those in higher executive positions lack a strong work ethic.

Fastenal benefits

401k

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A zippia user wrote a review on Dec 2019
Pros of working at Fastenal

Transporting materials from place to place

Cons of working at Fastenal

Difficult to graduate to higher-paying jobs

Fastenal benefits

Good working hours (9-5), weekends off

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A zippia user wrote a review on Jul 2018
Pros of working at Fastenal

I liked the efficiency of the company and the family like atmosphere

Cons of working at Fastenal

There was not a lot of opportunity for growth because of limited movement

Fastenal benefits

I like the hotel room stays on business trips

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A reddit user wrote a review on Jul 2014
Current Fastenal employee here. I'm looking to get a full time job and have applied to multiple positions through my district. Turned down for all and I've been a part timer working 35+ hours a week and have trained other part timers as well as our new osp in dealing with certain customers and showing them the ropes. I have a feeling my gm just wants to keep me here because I'm good at what I do. Unfortunately I am starting to look else where because I'm tired of this bs. They even gave a part timer I trained a full time job "because they were scared he'd leave" What do you suggest i do to get a full time job or scare my boss into knowing I'm leaving asap?

Id just straight up tell him what you want. My DM did the same for an NA position. They were scared a good osp was going to quit so they handed him a NA job over more qualified people. This company is all about growth, and that includes growing the potential of employees. When I took GM I actually called my RVP before I spoke with my DM. My RVP made sure I got it. I am also leaving the company in 2 weeks as the stress that is ensured day to day is too much for too little pay. After 3 years I have realized Fastenal is really not the ideal place to work, long hours and low pay. If you're ruthless as *** you can make it but im really not. Best of luck to you man.

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A reddit user wrote a review on Jun 2014
Hi. 2 questions: As you've expanded in product range over the years, would the majority of your revenue still come from the "I need this bolt/nut/small widget right now or my production line gets held up" category? How often do people know exactly what they are looking for, vs needing help in finding it?

At least 40% of our revenue comes from fasteners sales in general. That covers walk in sales, small bulk sales right up to full on OEM production facility sales. I know fastenal holds a great number of national contracts with some big names throughout the USA, in the millions range. Walk in customers might amass 1% of that 40% This generally is 50/50. Regulars know their stuff but we do get a lot of people that just call or come in and just say "I need this". We often times, based on experience can figure it out. Sometimes you get the ones where we just have zero clue. At least if they can tell us what it goes to/ application we can narrow it down and source it. Problem is with the weird stuff we usually are forced to buy in bulk and people don't need 5000 of one item.

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A reddit user wrote a review on Jun 2014
If I were to get a job working at a Fastenal in a nearby town, is there a future if I have no experience whatsoever?

When I started working here, I was a dumb idiot, I didn't know a nut from a bolt..you don't need experience, just good character and the ability to win people over. It's sales, so as long as you can sell.

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The team at Fastenal

  • The founders of Fastenal is Bob Kierlin.
  • The key people at Fastenal are Daniel Lars Florness and Bob Kierlin.
Key people
Daniel Lars Florness
Bob Kierlin

Fastenal rankings

Fastenal is ranked #46 on the Best Manufacturing companies to work for in Minnesota list. Zippia's Best Places to Work lists provide unbiased, data-based evaluations of companies. Rankings are based on government and proprietary data on salaries, company financial health, and employee diversity.

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Fastenal salaries

Average Fastenal salary
$48,020
yearly
$23.09 hourly
Updated March 14, 2024

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Fastenal diversity

9.6
Diversity score
We calculated Fastenal’s diversity score by measuring multiple factors, including the ethnic background, gender identity, and language skills of Fastenal’s workforce.
Fastenal diversity summary. Zippia estimates Fastenal's demographics and statistics using a database of 30 million profiles. Zippia verifies estimates with BLS, Census, and current job openings data for accuracy. We calculated Fastenal's diversity score by measuring multiple factors, including the ethnic background, gender identity, and language skills of Fastenal's workforce.
  • Fastenal has 20,565 employees.
  • 24% of Fastenal employees are women, while 76% are men.
  • The most common ethnicity at Fastenal is White (68%).
  • 12% of Fastenal employees are Hispanic or Latino.
  • 10% of Fastenal employees are Black or African American.
  • The average employee at Fastenal makes $48,020 per year.
  • Fastenal employees are most likely to be members of the democratic party.
  • Employees at Fastenal stay with the company for 3.9 years on average.

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Fastenal office locations

Fastenal is headquartered in Winona, MN

Biggest Fastenal locations

RankCityJob countAvg. salary
1Indianapolis, IN36$46,850
2Houston, TX12$50,602
3Atlanta, GA5$47,367
4New York, NY4$54,981
5Milwaukee, WI4$48,040
6Sacramento, CA4$54,286
7Austin, TX3$50,589
8Nashville, TN3$46,102
9Louisville, KY3$44,527
10Virginia Beach, VA3$50,997

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Fastenal financial performance

9.9
Performance score

We calculated the performance score of companies by measuring multiple factors, including revenue, longevity, and stock market performance.

Fastenal currently has 7.0B in revenue. Fastenal's most recent quarter produced 1.8b (q3'2023).

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Highest paying Fastenal competitors

Compare Fastenal salaries to competitors, including Hi-Line, O'Rourke Sales, and Clark Foodservice, Inc. Employees at Hi-Line earn the highest average yearly salary of $58,973. The salaries at O'Rourke Sales average $53,089 per year, and the salaries at Clark Foodservice, Inc. come in at $52,475 per year.
RankCompanyAverage salaryJobs
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9$49,0350
10$47,0210
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