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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
3.0
Oct 10, 2025

Room for improvement.

Recommend
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Pros

This is a store by store basis. My store is great in more areas than not. We have a great team, we've adopted strategies and take suggestions from everyone to increase performance and efficiency. My store values the open door policy. Benefits are good, work life balance has improved but still needs improvement.

Cons

Full time does not always get 40 hours or 8 hour shifts. Sure the pay is decent but you don't get enough hours so it's a moot point. No room for overtime so a second job is mandatory if you live on your own even though they strongly discourage it. DMs take credit for suggestions. Goals are not calculated to reflect the team size. Unfortunately you have to adopt an "it is what it is" attitude.

2.0
Sep 30, 2025

Decent pay, Bad Management

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Hours were somewhat flexible, PTO benefits were nice, even for part time.

Cons

Management was sporadic when I worked there, leading to some weeks where I would work 12 hours and some weeks where I would work 70.

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