Unsustainable growth - taking from employees to prop up stocks - Sales Representative Fastenal Employee Review

1.0
29 Jan 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Good first job to put something on your resume. Good part time job for high school or college students. It's not a career type company, but it's a good starter company while you look for something else.

Cons

-Unsustainable growth through outrageous sales goals YTD and MTD. It's a growth bubble similar to the housing market crisis. -Extremely high turnover due to increasingly fast moving trend towards over micro-managing, employee intimidation, and regular decreases in commission rates with the expectation of more sales output. Constantly training/ promoting new incompetent employees because of unsatisfied turnover. -Completely focused on stock price rather than employee satisfaction. -Bad business model of taking from employees (the sales force core of business growth) to keep the stock prices elevated to show positive growth to investors.

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5.0
9 Jun 2026
Recommend
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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

2.0
16 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- You are forced to learn how to drive a forklift - 40 hours no matter what for full time

Cons

- No commission as of Jan 2026 - Shareholders > Employees - Constantly lifting heavy items - No overtime at all - No vision insurance - 2 scheduled checks a month

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