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UNSAFE! - Cashier Harbor Freight Tools Employee Review

1.0
Dec 29, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

It's a job.

Cons

* Non-existing safety training. Attitude and mantra is to "Spiderman" it. Example: Climb the shelf without a ladder to get something down. A female employee had fingers cut off by a huge defective 5' safe when she tried to move it by herself on a hand truck. It was not strapped down. Safety training had been stopped years before as 'too expensive' to do. Because nothing is in place to fast track workman's comp, no attempt was made to reattach the fingers by the hospital. Now the company blames the victim and they 'cut' her hours as well. * NO SECURITY! There are NO security cameras at this store located in a really bad neighborhood. The local "tweakers" know this and daily come in to steal because they know they can get away with it. Just recently the store was robbed at gun point. The cashier victimized by the robbery did not get training on what to do in such a situation. Neither was she offered professional counseling after the fact to help her cope with her ordeal. She is now terrified to return to work. * Because only part time hours are given, some people have to get a second part time job to make ends meet. Agreed availability is routinely ignored and employees will be scheduled in conflict with their other job or transportation restrictions (i.e., Bus schedules. They don't operate 24/7).

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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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