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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
Sep 23, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent raises, easy to move up

Cons

Overworked, unprofessional employees, large workload at times due to unprofessional employees, unstable coworkers, people don’t last here they quit so fast, I’ve had to cover many shifts because I needed the money but people are always calling out.

4.0
Sep 15, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

good pay, laid back vibes, easy work, overall good place to work

Cons

Some policies or rules from upper management made no sense, occasional drama in the workplace, and people not doing what they were supposed to do

1.0
Sep 14, 2025

Bad DM

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

none that I can think of

Cons

Was ok until the last dm came in and replaced all the store managers

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