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Harbor Freight Tools

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Harbor Freight Tools reviews

3.6

62% would recommend to a friend

(3,452 total reviews)
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Eric Smidt

66% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

Harbor Freight Tools has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 3,452 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
4.0
Aug 30, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Shift times were good to allow for home-work life balance

Cons

Pay was below market range, constantly understaffed

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Harbor Freight Tools Response
5y
Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. We agree that work/life balance makes us stand out. At Harbor Freight, we offer competitive pay rates, but each position will range depending on role, location, and other factors. Thank you for your hard work in Sandy, UT and we wish you the best in your future career endeavors.
3.0
Aug 30, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Extremely easy, company isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.

Cons

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Company too fixated on control at times. A store could be running perfectly and making 130% sales comp to last year among other positive increases but corporate will still yell for pointless reasons. They will never thank you and you can make them an extra $50000 within 6 months compared to the year before and they will still give you a bad raise. Raises are based on the whole store for the whole year, yes, there is a separate employee portion but they are cheap and base it more on the store portion so if you were there for 6 months and tremendously raised sales and made logistic execution 100% better, it does not matter, they will screw your raise by basing it on the 6 months you weren’t there. If you want store manager, don’t expect getting it internally, it will take years to even be considered and even if you are perfect and just bad at interviews, the regional manager will reject you. This happened to a perfect candidate before I left. Also it’s all politics. Don’t expect to simply get a position because you practically were an assistant without the pay, they will abuse that until you leave. There are so many other things but if you want a good paying career in retail, HFT isn’t the place.

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Harbor Freight Tools Response
5y
Thanks for sharing your feedback with us. We would not be able to accomplish all that we do without hardworking associates like yourself. We want you to know that your feedback is valuable, as we are committed to continuous improvement at all levels, including management. Our HR team is here to help all of our associates, we’ll share your comments with the appropriate HR Partners. Thank you for your hard work in Centereach, NY and best of luck to you in your career search!
1.0
Aug 25, 2020

Horrible company

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

None. I mean flat out none. I cannot think of any pros or positive scenarios that came from working here.

Cons

Everything. Pay. Workload. Confused, deranged management. Pyramid scheme.

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Harbor Freight Tools Response
5y
Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. Our goal is to be a great place to work and that means learning as we grow and improving every step of the way. We noticed that you mentioned there were no advantages to working at Harbor Freight, but we want to add some of the great things we do for our associates. We offer a 20% discount to our associates and their immediate family. Our company is proud to offer competitive benefit packages. We also have thousands of annual promotions and greatly value our associates. Thank you for your hard work in Hobbs, NM and we wish you the best of luck in your career journey!
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