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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
3.0
Jul 8, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good employees, good wages. And overall good scheudles

Cons

Not too good management staff

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Harbor Freight Tools Response
6y
Thanks for sharing your feedback with us. Please know that Harbor Freight Tools is committed to becoming a great place to work as well as improving our stores at all levels, including management. We wish you the best in your future career!
1.0
Jun 26, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexable Schedule, promise you everything you ask for when hired. Laid back atmosphere.

Cons

Managment will lie to you constantly. Low pay and no opertunities to move up in the company. THey will always look outside the company for supervisors or managers and not hire inside the company. Favoritism inside the company is a large part of this company. When you are there for a year they will start trying to get you to leave by giving others more hours and not you.

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Harbor Freight Tools Response
7y
Thanks for sharing your feedback with us. Please know that we are committed to making Harbor Freight Tools a great place to work, and your feedback helps us do just that. We're working on improving our stores at all levels, including management, and are dedicated to training and promoting internally. We encourage all of our associates to reach out to their HR Partner or the HR Hotline at (800) 693-8377 to discuss their concerns. We appreciate all of your hard work in York and wish you the best.
1.0
Mar 12, 2019

Haha, this place is a joke (the worst)

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Some of the people are nice and there is a grocery store next to the office.

Cons

This place is the worst. It's just bad. In every way possible (and it looks like every negative review gets a vague and/or defensive response from the person that oversees this profile).

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Harbor Freight Tools Response
7y
First, we want to thank you for sharing your feedback and for all of your hard work. We want you to know that we value all of our associates and are not only listening to feedback, but are also trying to understand our associates’ concerns in making Harbor Freight Tools a great place to work. We can understand the frustration of receiving a response that does not show immediate change, but one of our Core Values is “Continuous Improvement,” which means learning and adapting as we grow. Our team appreciates everyone’s patience as we work through associate feedback to make changes, but please know they will take some time to take effect, as they will influence our entire company. Thank you again for sharing, and we wish you the best in achieving your future career goals.
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