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Harbor Freight Tools

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Former associate - Retail Sales Associate Harbor Freight Tools Employee Review

1.0
Jun 7, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Customers are terrific, fellow team members are terrific.

Cons

Management is sorely lacking and unprofessional. This led to a very stressful, chaotic and unbearable work environment

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Harbor Freight Tools Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us. We are committed to building a great place to work by listening to Associate feedback and improving at all levels, which includes management. Our goal is to provide a healthy work environment for all our Associates, and we highly encourage them to reach out to their HR partners or the HFT outlet regarding any concerns. Thank you for your hard work and we wish you all the best.

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5.0
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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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