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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
Jan 8, 2013

Stay Away. Stay Far Away.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It starts off good - good benefits, nice people, good company

Cons

They will fire you. It does not matter who you are or what you do

1.0
Sep 14, 2011

Disappointing

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Health Plan is excellent Manager's Pay is reasonable Great Customer Base with room to grow Customer Loyalty Stand behind labor laws

Cons

Lack of professionalism Lack of leadership Lack of actual training Constant fear of termination at any time for no reason Advancement used to be possible, not so much now as they hire in people from the outside with no knowledge of products or even tools in general Sketchy locations

1.0
Mar 2, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

young employees and great discounts. Tools are pretty good quality consider for the price you pay. also it is lifetime warranty

Cons

I am very lucky to have a great store manager, but unfortunately its his district manager n above whose are totally screws up!!!! worse corporate managers I have ever seen

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