Is Harbor Freight Tools a good company to work for?

Harbor Freight Tools has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 3,496 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months. 63% of employees would recommend working at Harbor Freight Tools to a friend and 57% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Harbor Freight Tools have been left by employees working as District Manager , Equipment Operator and Human Resources .

Does Harbor Freight Tools pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Harbor Freight Tools employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Harbor Freight Tools. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Harbor Freight Tools?

63% of Harbor Freight Tools employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Harbor Freight Tools 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Harbor Freight Tools?

Sales Associate (316) , Store Manager (213) , Logistics Supervisor (150) , Cashier (142) , Logistics Associate (133) , Sales Associate/Cashier (119) , Sales Supervisor (107) , Sales Manager (103) , Logistics Manager (85) , Assistant Manager (77) , Retail Sales Associate (63) , Warehouse Associate (61) , Senior Sales Associate (60) , Logistics (53) , Manager (49)

What are the pros of working at Harbor Freight Tools according to real employee reviews?

"The pay is good and the monthly bonuses are a plus but inconsistent at best." ((in 343 reviews)); "Great benefits and product to promote to customers.Training is available." ((in 260 reviews)); "Great place to work and people are great" ((in 152 reviews)); "You receive a small portion of time off on each paycheck depending on the hours you work." ((in 108 reviews)); "Coworkers were great and made work enjoyable." ((in 85 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Harbor Freight Tools according to real employee reviews?

"It just reeks of poor management and a lack of caring of who is promoted to what position." ((in 209 reviews)); "No work life balance work 2 or 3 overnights followed by an early shift then a close." ((in 100 reviews)); "early and long hours on some days" ((in 99 reviews)); "managers don't even know how to do their own job." ((in 87 reviews)); "Upper management is horrible." ((in 67 reviews))

What are the top reviewed Harbor Freight Tools locations?

Calabasas , Dillon , Los Angeles , Houston , Moreno Valley , Camarillo , Nashville , Fort Worth , New York , Phoenix , Chicago , San Antonio , Tampa , Atlanta , Austin , Jacksonville , Dallas , San Diego , Sacramento , Portland , Louisville , Cincinnati , Olean , Oklahoma City , Raleigh , Corpus Christi , Indianapolis , Columbus , Riverside , Las Vegas

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3.6

63% would recommend to a friend

(3,449 total reviews)

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 3,449 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

2.0

Dec 17, 2012

Stressful environment

Assistant manager

Recommend

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Pros

Decent starting pay rate. ASM are paid hourly, which helps with work/life balance. You accrue PTO time quickly. There are opportunity for commission. Health benefits

Cons

The company restriction on part timers hours and payroll is a recipe for disaster. No part timer can more than 20 hours Your payroll is expected to be as low as 4%. Company expects extremely high productivity from inexperience part-times and low paid. Very low morale. Sink or swim culture. Little to no training is offered to any employee including management. Strenuous labor. "CYA"in-store management culture. Safety concerns the company takes no measures to reduce external shrink or protect employees in high-risk areas. Products are based off of planed obsolescence model.

1.0

Nov 11, 2012

You Are A Number. Nothing More.

Retail associate

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

A paycheck. A part-time paycheck. As long as you are willing to have Open Availability (kinda hard to make this a 2nd job, eh?) hit the next-to-impossible quotas, hawking **USELESS** extras like the Extended Serivce Plan and Inside Track Club...and you are willing to do ANYTHING and EVERYTHING asked of you.

Cons

--Having to deal with clueless idiots for management. --Nasty, rude, smelly customers that may or may not understand English. --The fact that you will ALWAYS be part time, or in my case, have your Full Time hours and benefits cut off without warning. --You can be fired for literally ANYTHING at ANY TIME

2.0

Nov 7, 2012

Lack of real leadership and accountability

Head pricing coordinator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Most employees are down to earth hard working folks. Customers are fun and I have learned alot from them. PTO accrues quickly and opportunities to earn extra on spiffs.

Cons

No real training program, on the job training and you're lucky if someone knows enough about the job to help. More than half of the management teams sits in the office and plays on their phone. The rest of the management team works their butt off and takes a beating for the company and their job. Senior staff plays favorites and overlooks serious performance problems while writing up folks that are taking on huge workloads and who also struggle to get their work done.

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