Is Harbor Freight Tools a good company to work for?

Harbor Freight Tools has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 3,497 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months. 62% of employees would recommend working at Harbor Freight Tools to a friend and 57% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Harbor Freight Tools have been left by employees working as District Manager , Equipment Operator and Human Resources .

Does Harbor Freight Tools pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Harbor Freight Tools employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Harbor Freight Tools. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Harbor Freight Tools?

62% of Harbor Freight Tools employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Harbor Freight Tools 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Harbor Freight Tools?

Sales Associate (316) , Store Manager (213) , Logistics Supervisor (150) , Cashier (142) , Logistics Associate (133) , Sales Associate/Cashier (119) , Sales Supervisor (107) , Sales Manager (103) , Logistics Manager (85) , Assistant Manager (78) , Retail Sales Associate (63) , Warehouse Associate (61) , Senior Sales Associate (60) , Logistics (53) , Manager (49)

What are the pros of working at Harbor Freight Tools according to real employee reviews?

"very good part time job good pay and always rewarding employees" ((in 373 reviews)); "Health benefits are great and dental" ((in 253 reviews)); "Great place to work and people are great" ((in 152 reviews)); "You receive a small portion of time off on each paycheck depending on the hours you work." ((in 99 reviews)); "Coworkers were great and made work enjoyable." ((in 85 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Harbor Freight Tools according to real employee reviews?

"It just reeks of poor management and a lack of caring of who is promoted to what position." ((in 213 reviews)); "No work life balance work 2 or 3 overnights followed by an early shift then a close." ((in 99 reviews)); "early and long hours on some days" ((in 93 reviews)); "bad manager they contradict everything" ((in 91 reviews)); "Upper management is horrible." ((in 69 reviews))

What are the top reviewed Harbor Freight Tools locations?

Calabasas , Dillon , Los Angeles , Houston , Moreno Valley , Camarillo , Nashville , Fort Worth , New York , Phoenix , Chicago , San Antonio , Tampa , Atlanta , Austin , Jacksonville , Dallas , San Diego , Sacramento , Portland , Louisville , Cincinnati , Olean , Oklahoma City , Raleigh , Corpus Christi , Indianapolis , Columbus , Riverside , Las Vegas

Harbor Freight Tools reviews

3.6

62% would recommend to a friend

(3,450 total reviews)

Eric Smidt

67% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Company ratings over time

Ratings trend for the last 6 months (3,450 reviews)

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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).

Reviews by job title

3K reviews

1.0

Mar 1, 2014

over worked, under paid

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

cool place, friendly co workers, flexible hours

Cons

everything else. get hired as salesperson for morning shifts, they have you do night shifts and unload trucks graveyard shift because the people for those shifts never want to work so they call out, get fired, etc. revolving door and giant game of hot potato, where everyone just passes each crappy shift off to someone else. they tell you you'll be working 8am-3pm but you get your schedule and you're 4pm-10pm then have to come back 5 hours later to work 3am-1pm unloading the truck. Real sales jobs pay more, real warehouse jobs pay more, this one makes you do both and pays as much as neither.

1.0

Oct 10, 2013

Company does not support its employees at all

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Only enjoyed working with the store manager

Cons

District manager had no clue how to run a business

3.0

Sep 19, 2013

It pays the bills.

Assistant manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The benefits are decent for full time employees. Harbor Freight Tools matches up to 10% for 401(k) contributions.

Cons

As the company has grown it has lost a sense of loyalty to it's employees between corporate personnel and store level employees. Hiring from outside the company seems to be a common practice as of late, rather than promoting from within.

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