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Harbor Freight Tools

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Does not care about employees -- even top ones - Sales Manager Harbor Freight Tools Employee Review

1.0
Jul 27, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

benefits time off employee discount reasonable store hours

Cons

company seeks to fire you for using health insurance..."too much" company quick to terminaate even if an error occurs beyond individual control only 2 paid holidays per year poor performing 401K offers disability insurance but almost no one can benefit from routinely engages in patent and trademark fraud as a business model discriminates against EEOC/ADA associated employees quick to terminate even the best of employees under suspicious circumstances does not follow up on issues raised by employees to the company hotline for fraud,abuse,theft and other major workplace issues

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Harbor Freight Tools Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your detailed feedback with us. Please know that we greatly value all of our associates and would not be able to accomplish all that we do every day without them. We will make sure to share your comments with the appropriate HR associates, and we want to assure you that our team values people above all else. We are always working to continuously improve our stores and your feedback helps us do just that. Thank you again for sharing and we wish you the best.

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Cons

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Pros

Great benefits, fast paced environment, good teamwork. I liked the hours, you get an education about tools, whether from your coworkers or the customers. And speaking of the customers, they were on the better side for retail. Most are down to earth and easy to converse with.

Cons

Supply chain issues, many parts would never be replenished, despite being featured, advertised, and on display. That would often lead to tensions with customers. Aggressive time constraints on tasks. Sidewalk sales, holidays, and also coincidentally inclement weather days, can be quite busy and therefore stressful. Especially if there's call outs, but if you have a good management team, you'll have good staff that will want to work for them.

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