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Harbor Freight Tools

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Ridiculous Expectations for the amount of pay and hours - Anonymous employee Harbor Freight Tools Employee Review

2.0
Feb 15, 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Paid time off and sick time Awesome co-workers Commissions Nice environment Good job to gain experience in every aspect of retail

Cons

Not enough hours Hard work and low pay Competition with commissions New hires get more hours than long term employees Some managers are not even management material

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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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