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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
2.0
Nov 7, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Most employees are down to earth hard working folks. Customers are fun and I have learned alot from them. PTO accrues quickly and opportunities to earn extra on spiffs.

Cons

No real training program, on the job training and you're lucky if someone knows enough about the job to help. More than half of the management teams sits in the office and plays on their phone. The rest of the management team works their butt off and takes a beating for the company and their job. Senior staff plays favorites and overlooks serious performance problems while writing up folks that are taking on huge workloads and who also struggle to get their work done.

3.0
Oct 9, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Godd bonus potential, average benefits.

Cons

Fewer and fewer managers with more than 5 years with the company. Very low payroll percent. Converted to a Wal-Mart model a few years ago. Had 4 different regional managers in 2 years. Very difficult enviroment.

3.0
Sep 26, 2012

First job outof High School

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great for a first job beat fast food, Commission was great

Cons

Management playing favorites lack of advancement.

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