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Harbor Freight Tools

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Harbor Freight Tools reviews

3.6

64% would recommend to a friend

(3,439 total reviews)
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Eric Smidt

68% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Harbor Freight Tools has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 3,439 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
1.0
Aug 29, 2012

The business model is employee churn

Anonymous employee
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Pros

As an employee there are no pros

Cons

Abusive tyranical leadership. "The emperor wears no clothes" I have watched so many really good executives crash and burn. As review and bonus time comes each year it is the same story cut cut cut..find any reason. Recruiting is in a tough spot trying to find replacements. With each generation of new leadership rercruiting, the pool is diluted.

3.0
Aug 26, 2012

Payroll Nightmare!

Recommend
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Pros

Accrue PTO time faster then you can use it. Management will max out on collection of PTO and never be able to use it all.

Cons

Horrible POS systems, insane expectations with only 24 hour notice and even shorter window for completion. You have to cut your payroll hours for the rest of the district because no one else knows how to schedule there store properly in return have less people to execute tasks. It is not uncommon to be told on Friday afternoon to cut 25+ hours from your weekend schedule even though your own sales are up and payroll is dead on.

1.0
Aug 23, 2012

Extremely mismanaged company

Recommend
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Pros

Walking distance from my home.

Cons

Unstable enviroment. Safety issues from having to use unsafe folding ladders instead of the industrial 4 wheeled ladders required in a retail enviroment. Stability of product gondolas poor. At this time some improvent in that area has been made still much work needs to be Stressful atmosphere. More accent on selling club memberships and warranties is pushed. Keeping product in stores re replenishments for important and best sellers has become more difficult QustionableAlthough company appears to be doing well there is no stability in hours. No inside chance for advancement. Any management positions are being filled from the outside. Too many adds during a month cycle. thus confuding the customer. Benefits slowly dissolviing unless you are at least 32 hours there is no health insurance. No paid holidays except Thanksgiving and Christmas. Open all holidays except the two previously mentioned. Moral very low.Questionable as to how long this company's retail end can survive under it's current management

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