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Harbor Freight Tools

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Harbor Freight Tools reviews

3.6

64% would recommend to a friend

(3,440 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 3,440 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
Jul 1, 2015

Not the best job

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You made commission off every warranty and membership sold i had very nice coworkers those are the only pros

Cons

management put so much pressure to sell warranties, when you could only try so hard. I'm sorry but the tools there are cheap most people didn't see the need for the warranty all the cons at my store had to deal with management. They were rude and had no respect for employees. They would scream at us over our headset when i was clearly busy with customers, i eventually would take it off halfway through the shift. By far the worst job I experienced, however it could be different for other harbor freight locations because my issues all had to do with management.

3.0
May 27, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

none take advantage of you

Cons

Pay is horrible and hours are horrible, schedule constantly changes and you will have no time for yourself

2.0
May 20, 2015

Disfunction Junction

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You never run out of work to do and you get benefits and a paycheck!

Cons

1.Serious stress at that time. Instead of just laying off everyone they needed to at once, they would lay off a few people every two weeks around payday. Everyone was on edge wondering if or when their turn would come. 2. One department didn't know what the other was doing causing duplicate work. 3.Company would hire outside help instead of promoting from within.

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Harbor Freight Tools Response
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Hello and thank you for your feedback. We're glad you pointed out our benefits because we're pretty proud of the package we offer, including health, vacation and 401K. That said, we're concerned about your thoughts on management. We strive to make the workplace a more productive environment for our staff and had you still been with us, we would have encouraged you to reach out to your HR representative or call our HFT Outlet Hotline. Thanks again for your input and we wish you luck.
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