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Harbor Freight Tools

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Harbor Freight Tools reviews

3.6

62% would recommend to a friend

(3,450 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 3,450 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
Feb 4, 2016

Horrible management and Dangerous work enviornment

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

Casual work uniform. good insurance.

Cons

Upper management focus's way too much on sale's and number's instead of customer satisfaction. They would rather cut hours to very minimum and keep customer's waiting in line for over 10mins than staff properly. Breaks and lunches are not a guarantee, Most of our Assistant Managers and store managers clock out for their breaks but actually work during them because they are not allowed to leave the store due to not enough staff. Very poor communication skills between management and they are not trained properly. None of my manager's know anything about basic HR info. They promote a safe work environment but that is also a LIE. 75% of the time you are lifting boxes over 60lbs by yourself because you are in the store with only one other worker and one of us has to stay in the front to make sure customers aren't walking out with stuff. When I asked for help lifting a box my assistant laughed at me and told me I better get use to lifting boxes, that have a team lift label on them, by myself because we rarely have enough coverage to properly lift item's. This company is a joke. They care NOTHING about their employee's or customer's. Everything is about Number's and Money. And if you are not liked by upper management then you get treated like crap. My Advice... Do not work here.

3.0
Jan 25, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

the job is very easy. the pay is above average. the job is mind numbing. the customers are walking white trash.

Cons

no creativity involved. full time is 35 hours. customers are morons. customers are morons. customers are morons.

4.0
Oct 13, 2015

Not Impressed

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Co-workers are easy to work with, will give direction as needed.

Cons

hours get cut to nothing, No direction from store or district managers. If you are not a manager, District will not talk to you unless it is to give you a write up. HR is non exsistant.

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