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Harbor Freight Tools

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Harbor Freight Tools reviews

3.6

64% would recommend to a friend

(3,439 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 3,439 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
Aug 23, 2012

Disapointing

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

flexible schedule, not much else - store employees are ok

Cons

hours vary greatly from week to week, employee's continually go from 25-30 down to 10. low staffing levels during business hours. More emphasis on selling coupons than providing good customer service. High turnover

2.0
Aug 21, 2012

Long term associate

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Prices, relationships among peers, customers

Cons

Business leader got greedy, wiped out talent.

1.0
Aug 21, 2012

Great concept, poorly executed

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They offer good benefits,(medical, dental, 401K, paid vacation and holidays). Decent compensation. Casual work envirnoment. Flexible on work schedule.

Cons

No promotion from within. Extremely high turnover. No parking at Calabasas HQ. Occupied current location 2 years and already out of space--Poor planning. New concepts not followed thru. Procedures changed on whim. Poor communication. Poor HR dept. No job security.

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