Fastenal Employee Reviews for General Manager
Browse Fastenal Reviews by Job Title →General Managers at Fastenal give their company a 3.5 out of 5.0, while the average rating for Fastenal is 3.3, making them 6% happier than every other employee at Fastenal and 11% less happy than every other General Manager on CareerBliss - the happiest General Managers work for Hollywood Video.
"Beware of this company. Perfect example of why this isn't your dad's economy. You can move mountains, and still won't be enough. Their corporate ideals are that of an oppressive dictator. Threats, and disrespect are handed out quite often through their struggles to grow their bottom line (recently). Not all employees are bad people and in fact the majority of Fastenal employees are solid. Eventually they'll ruin their image, and the job pool will turn on them. Beware!"
"I enjoyed my job at Fastenal"
What do you like about working at Fastenal?
"Selling products to the customers and being able to solve their problems"
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Just be yourself and answer the questions to the best of your ability"
What don't you like about working at Fastenal?
"The fact they like to micro manage you to the point that it was hard to really do your job."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Too not micro manage the general managers and let they have the freedom to do their job."
Average General Manager Ratings in the Past 3 Years
| Year | Salary |
|---|---|
| 2011 | $3 |
| 2012 | $3 |
| 2013 | $2 |
"Quick promotions"
What do you like about working at Fastenal?
"The opportunity to meet new customers and create relationships to better both ends of the business"
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Just be yourself show that you want the job and have an interest in sales"
What don't you like about working at Fastenal?
"Support there is not enough staff to handle the work flow"
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Better training better support have more involvement in the progress of the store locations"
Average Fastenal Attributes by General Manager
"Solid Company to work for"
What do you like about working at Fastenal?
"Great opportunity to run your own business with a great corporate decentralization"
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Be honest"
What don't you like about working at Fastenal?
"Lack of advancement in this economy"
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Better study local markets, and stop trying to compare all areas of the country geographically"
"I want more opportunities."
What do you like about working at Fastenal?
"The variety of customers and identifying their needs."
What don't you like about working at Fastenal?
"Lack of advancement potential."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"I would like to see more of a de-centralized appraoach that could be more tailored to the clients."
What do you like about working at Fastenal?
"I was a General Manager @ Fastenal. What I enjoyed most about the position as I was given the entitlement to run the business as it was my own business."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Only do so as a last resort!"
What don't you like about working at Fastenal?
"Pay. Corporate was always looking for ways to 'ding' your pay whether it was through collections of accounts or inventory or days out etc..."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"PAY your people. That was Fastenals biggest draw back. People kept leaving, it was a revolving door as retention of key personnel held back the branches from ever flourishing"
"Good pay and experience but overall poor experience."
What do you like about working at Fastenal?
"That you learn something new very frequently."
What don't you like about working at Fastenal?
"A lot, too much to say here."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Learn to respect those who work for you."
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