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Harbor Freight Tools

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Part time associates are not cared for - Logistics Harbor Freight Tools Employee Review

2.0
Mar 8, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Okay wage, moderately flexable, you may or may not get a Christmas dinner great benifit if you are part of leadership team

Cons

Poor scedualing bad hone/work balance goes back out on promises (permanent 2$ bump was pulled after promised with no explanation) and does nothing to bridge the cap between what you make and what they raise the starting wage to so longer term employees now feel less "valued" doesn't care to promote within management doesn't care about your health or safety if it hurts the bottom line part time associates are treated near worthless regardless of experience or training also excessively strick on full time requirements and basically have little to no hope if your a parent of a live in child with a life altering disability also atlas is a joke and have been going threw the same fight for over a year to get them to stay within my availability. Discount is near worthless when you can't use it with any other coupons and give the same discount to customers only difference is we don't have to wait so long sometimes focus on metrics out weighs the focus of getting customers out in a timely fashion and to many pointless sale pitch when your ringing out customers managers get away with treating transgender and gays like literal scum and bring their religious views to work with them I can keep going but I'm bored

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Harbor Freight Tools Response
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Thank you for your detailed feedback. We strive to be the best place to work and feedback like yours, helps us work towards that goal. We are dedicated to creating a work/life balance for all our associates. We believe in doing the right thing and treating everyone fairly, reasonably and with respect. We highly encourage our associates to reach out to your HR Partners and share your concerns with them. Your comments will be shared with the appropriate HR Partners. Thank you for your continued hard work and we greatly appreciate your feedback!

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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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