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Harbor Freight Tools

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In-Store Management: Hit or Miss - Logistics Supervisor Harbor Freight Tools Employee Review

4.0
Mar 9, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Great company to work for. Excellent pay and benefits. Corporate and HR tend to have the associates' backs.

Cons

The vetting for Store Managers isn't great. In my 4 years with the company, I've only met one Store Manager that I thought was really amazing, and he wasn't mine. Also, for the part-timers, they are scheduled a strict 12 hours a week (unless staffing is short) which is basically nothing, so we can't keep part-timers to save our lives.

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Thank you for sharing your detailed experience with us. We value people above all else and we are committed to building and ensuring that Harbor Freight is a great place to work with a positive environment and a supportive leadership team. We want you to know that your feedback is important to us, and we strongly urge you to reach out to your HR Partners or escalate your concerns directly to the HFT Outlet. Thank you for your continued hard work and we're glad to have you on the team.

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5.0
Jun 26, 2026
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Pros

Great store leader. Great team to work with. The company cares about its employees. The pay is better than most retail places. Open door policy. Good work life balance. Fun place to work.

Cons

Not getting to work overtime often.

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4.0
Jun 16, 2026
Recommend
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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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