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Harbor Freight Tools

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Terrible Place - Anonymous employee Harbor Freight Tools Employee Review

1.0
Jul 29, 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The pay (depending on position). It's a job.

Cons

The pay. This is a billion dollar company and they can't pay their associates well, but the managers get bonus checks every month. 60% of the managers are morons and will screw you over every chance they get. The price changes are the worst things ever, so tedious and such a waste of time. The truck process is ridiculously stupid. This company expects sooo much, but does nothing to help make things easier, especially for the struggling stores.

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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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