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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

57% positive business outlook

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
3.0
Oct 9, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Godd bonus potential, average benefits.

Cons

Fewer and fewer managers with more than 5 years with the company. Very low payroll percent. Converted to a Wal-Mart model a few years ago. Had 4 different regional managers in 2 years. Very difficult enviroment.

3.0
Sep 26, 2012

First job outof High School

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great for a first job beat fast food, Commission was great

Cons

Management playing favorites lack of advancement.

3.0
Sep 25, 2012

Harbor Freight Tools

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Paid time off was good as well as benefits. Pay wasn't that bad as well.

Cons

Company switched to using part time employees only with management getting the full time hours. Resulted in too many employees not knowing the merchandise

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