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      Harbor Freight Tools

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      Harbor Freight Tools reviews

      3.6

      62% would recommend to a friend

      (3,450 total reviews)
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      Eric Smidt

      67% approve of CEO

      57% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Compensation and benefits

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.6

      Culture & values

      3.5

      Work/Life balance

      3.4

      Career opportunities

      3.2

      Senior management

      Harbor Freight Tools has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 3,450 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Harbor Freight Tools employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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      3K reviews
      5.0
      Apr 22, 2014

      Harbor freight is a great place to work.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great place to work. The product is decent, and the store is run well. The training is up to date and helpful unlike other jobs I have held.

      Cons

      Not enough staffing at times. It get extremely busy at our store which creates tension wit the employees and the customers. Need to have more people on the floor and at the registers. Not enough pay for the job that is being done, but the environment helps to offset that a little.

      1.0
      Apr 20, 2014

      All Cowboys......shooting from the hip!

      Project manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      HFT does a lot for their employees. They give our monthly awards, free parking space for the month, Big celebrations for all the holidays and leave at noon on a Friday, before the long holiday, with supervisor's approval, of course.

      Cons

      There are too many to list, but here are the highlights: (1) Everyone is always putting out fires and not focusing on the job. (2) I heard this phase on a daily basis, "He needs to be fired, if I was his/her manager, I'd fire her a long time ago, I'm very close to firing them, If I was senior management, I would fire all of the directors." For me this was a big concern and watched it happen on many occasions. It was a part of their daily conversations. There was really no structure, documentation, process, procedure and most of all documentation.

      2.0
      Apr 19, 2014

      High pressure low pay

      Warehouse supervisor
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great benefits Starts above minimum wage

      Cons

      No support from management got thrown under the bus. Had to do managers job plus my own then got yelled at because it wasnt done. They cut our hours still expected same results. Little to no training.

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