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Harbor Freight Tools

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Harbor Freight Tools reviews

3.6

63% would recommend to a friend

(3,451 total reviews)
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Eric Smidt

67% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Harbor Freight Tools has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 3,451 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
Mar 20, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good place to learn sales, repetitive work, opportunity to increase your base wage via sales commissions, fast paced work environment.

Cons

Company will require you to use your personal vehicle while on the clock and refuse reimbursement for gasoline. Entry level associates will never be able to obtain any position above Head Cashier no matter how hard they work. The company culture is to use fear tactics and workplace intimidation to drive sales instead of positive reinforcement. No matter how good your numbers are you will still be threatened with documentation. Company policies are selectively enforced. Low wages for all positions outside of the ASM level or above. Harbor Freight Tools has more ways to write you up between paydays then any company I have ever worked with.

5.0
Mar 10, 2013

so far so good

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

great schedule, above average pay

Cons

hard to deal with customers sometimes

3.0
Mar 7, 2013

Harbor Freight Tools

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great work schedule, flexible hours if you are an exempt employee, decent benefits package and paid time off. Company is growing, room for growth at the store level.

Cons

Plenty of turnover in upper management/executive level at the corporate office. HR department needs a solid leader that understands what the employees need in order to be successful. Lack of recognition to corporate employees that actually do their work instead of "brown-nosing" to their boss.

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