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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
4.0
Sep 15, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

good pay, laid back vibes, easy work, overall good place to work

Cons

Some policies or rules from upper management made no sense, occasional drama in the workplace, and people not doing what they were supposed to do

1.0
Sep 14, 2025

Bad DM

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

none that I can think of

Cons

Was ok until the last dm came in and replaced all the store managers

5.0
Sep 13, 2025

Love my job

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great company. Great boss. Great pay and benefits. Lots of PTO and sick time.

Cons

Needs to be more staffing to accommodate work life balance

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