Bad short-term, terrible long-term - werkgeversreview General Manager, Outside Sales, Part-Time bij Fastenal

1,0
7 dec 2011
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Pluspunten

With their excessively high turnover, it's always easy to find some part-time work in a down economy.

Minpunten

Working 55-60 hours/week for $30k/year is insulting. The board is constantly looking for ways to increase productivity and reduce labor costs. My margin/actives/scorecard/freight/sales have always been in the top quartile yet I ranked in the bottom 10% of earnings for professional salesmen in my city. Commission is a pitiful 3% on new, 1% on existing. Used to be 4/2% but some director must have wanted a bigger yacht. A few years back, they shifted many costs of business onto the DMs. DMs then began low-balling pay for all employees, cutting part-time hours, etc. They did this so they could earn bigger bonuses for running lean. No store doing over $250,000 should have only three employees. One DM I had would send 5-10 emails daily about how our margin/freight spread/actives/growth sucked. By month end, we'd hit our numbers and get a single line of congratulation followed by more hammering. "Good job on actives but now we need blahblahblah"

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5,0
30 apr 2026
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Pluspunten

Good job to have during college. People are easy going and easy to get along with. Overall really good experience

Minpunten

Gets repetitive after a while

2,0
30 jun 2026
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I like my coworkers and my GM is a good .

Minpunten

The business model and lean staffing is simply unsustainable. Entry level pay, part time, little training, no commissions. Fastenal is focused on the sale rather than the customer. The wing it mentatility leaves customer service lacking. It's a roll coaster of putting one fire out after the other. They sale the position during the interview process but after your in there's empty promises with no real timelines for when the advancement is coming. Upper management seems out of touch with the day to day business. If you ask for help they simply say you have a good schedule. It's extremely disappointing that it has turned out this way because I was excited about the prospect of becoming an Account manager.

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