Harbor Freight Tools reviews

The worst thing about working for Harbor Freight was the promotion to corporate. I got to see behind the mythical curtain to see what made our company tick from the inside. Little did I know that our company is headed by a bunch of mentally deficient chimps in suits and that ticking was not the ticking of a well- oiled money making machine, but the ticking of a time bomb that is set to explode when the company's half a billion dollar loan is called in to question.

Early mornings (4 am and earlier, never told about this during interview). Working under extreme pressure to perform, while constantly having payroll cut by upper management. Never feeling like you have a chance to get ahead in your work because you never have a reasonable amount of hours to use. Part-timers make minimum wage, but expectations are outrageous. Upper management isn't willing to train you properly, and not willing to help you when you need it - they'd rather sit back and say, you just gotta do it, figure it out, and we'll write you up later when you fail. As a manager, I have to deal with employees who call off sick often (because of too-liberal sick leave policies). The only people in this area who will work for such a wage are drug addicts (because the company does not drug test) and people on public assistance who lack basic work ethics. The company doesn't care, because they know they can find people that will work under these conditions, even if for the short term. Instead of developing good employees, they turn-and-churn employees, constantly firing and hiring, but never giving managers hours/payroll to train new associates. Worst experience of my life.