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      Harbor Freight Tools

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      Harbor Freight Tools reviews

      3.6

      63% would recommend to a friend

      (3,449 total reviews)
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      Eric Smidt

      67% approve of CEO

      58% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.0

      Compensation and benefits

      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.6

      Culture & values

      3.4

      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 3,449 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
      Sep 14, 2011

      Disappointing

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Health Plan is excellent Manager's Pay is reasonable Great Customer Base with room to grow Customer Loyalty Stand behind labor laws

      Cons

      Lack of professionalism Lack of leadership Lack of actual training Constant fear of termination at any time for no reason Advancement used to be possible, not so much now as they hire in people from the outside with no knowledge of products or even tools in general Sketchy locations

      1.0
      Mar 2, 2011

      Worse upper management ever

      Sales/customer service
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      young employees and great discounts. Tools are pretty good quality consider for the price you pay. also it is lifetime warranty

      Cons

      I am very lucky to have a great store manager, but unfortunately its his district manager n above whose are totally screws up!!!! worse corporate managers I have ever seen

      1.0
      Nov 2, 2010

      Stay Away

      Store manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Its a job, in this economy, something is better than nothing. The benefits package is a nice thing to have, but with no time off to use any of it, what do you really gain? All of the holidays that we used to have off so we could spend time with our families, the stores are now open, with few employees willing to work them, so the store manager has to work to fill the gaps.

      Cons

      High pressure from upper management to get things done, and if its not done 100% correct, your job is immediately on the line. Be careful how high up the corporate ladder you go, because the harder you can fall.

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