Senior Software engineer - Senior Software Engineer Fastenal Employee Review

1.0
Dec 6, 2018
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Pros

I dint not find anything till I stayed there. If someone found it they must be from management. It’s a Best place for fresher out from college, Pay is decent. It’s a training center rather than an organization.

Cons

It is an organization with no policy, everything is at the mercy of management (Especially two of them). To survive here either you have to keep quite as you don’t breath or bark at them so they don’t breath. Unfit to be called as a Software Company. Whatever complaints you make against management don’t know where they go. They take exit interview when they are not open to opinions/Complaints. Not sure what you want to do to make them believe you, some people are successful tough & some are still struggling. No proper process for anything right from Interview to exit. You don’t know when teams will come and go. Unhealthy environment to work & suffocates you. The management you see when join is the not the one who you will see again. No Goals, No agenda, No focus, it’s a company which neither has vision nor mission. It’s a split ferry with b/w India & HQ, they got a new sailor, who even doesn’t like to step in, and he wants to build his own ferry. Good Luck!!

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4.0
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Pros

Great company culture, love the investment they put in for career advancement. Great people to work with, CEO is amazing but he's stepping down this month. Benefits are good. Decentralized organization so your ideas and solutions actually get listened to and implemented. Feel like I'm actually making a difference in the company.

Cons

Pay is lower than the industry average for most departments and they don't keep up with the cost of living, don't do bonuses (unless you're in sales) or pay raises. You have to ask to get one and most times they say no. Very male dominant at the branches and in sales, but many women in corporate leadership. Don't have any DEI initiatives. Not flexible on relocation for internal management roles, have to be at corporate HQ in Winona, MN.

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