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Harbor Freight Tools

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Waste of time - Retail Associate Harbor Freight Tools Employee Review

1.0
Aug 19, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

There are no pros for me, Human resources never put me in their system so I went there every day for 2 weeks for no reason after I was hired.

Cons

After I was hired human resources never put me in their system so I couldn't fill out the new hire paperwork. After the 5th time of finally putting me in the system human resources took their sweet time sending the store my employee number even though I was on the schedule. Spent 3 weeks of going back and forth to never work a day there because human resources is incompetent.

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5.0
Jun 20, 2026
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Pros

Flexible depending on situation, friendly, and willing to help new workers for extended periods

Cons

Strict on specific rules, may be prone to theft in store depending on area

4.0
Jun 16, 2026
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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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