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    Harbor Freight Tools Reviews

    Updated August 16, 2017
    990 reviews

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    Harbor Freight Tools CEO Eric Smidt
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    Pros

    • Company is growing very rapidly so always something new to handle (in 29 reviews)

    • Part time gets sick and paid time off (in 59 reviews)

    Cons

    • awful hours not a good work life balance (in 29 reviews)

    • Its only a con if you like this type of upper management (in 49 reviews)

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    1. "Cashier"

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      Current Employee - Sales Associate/Cashier in Fort Gratiot, MI
      Current Employee - Sales Associate/Cashier in Fort Gratiot, MI
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Harbor Freight Tools part-time

      Pros

      Good environment, nice and clean work area. Fixable hours. Great benefits if full time. Paid time off if you build up hour. Fast paced at times.

      Cons

      Hire to many people not enough hour. They dont promote with in the store to much for different position. Send you home early.

    2. "Logistics Associate"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Harbor Freight Tools part-time

      Pros

      Good co-workers, various opportunity to advance in the company.

      Cons

      None to say at the moment

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    3. "Good Times"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      Management willing to work with you on scheduled hours

      Cons

      Most employees are part time

      Advice to Management

      Open more full time positions for workers that are good employees and want full time

      Harbor Freight Tools Response

      Aug 12, 2017 – Director of Talent Acquisition

      We appreciate all you do every day to make Harbor Freight Tools a great place to work and shop. As you know we are committed to constantly improving our processes and appreciate you taking the time... More

    4. "Love this Company!"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Agoura, CA
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Agoura, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Harbor Freight Tools full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Great Benefits.
      Nice work space.
      Consistent, Fair management.
      Fast Paced, fun environment.

      Cons

      Wish there was a better work from home policy

      Harbor Freight Tools Response

      Aug 12, 2017 – Director of Talent Acquisition

      We appreciate all you do every day to make Harbor Freight Tools a great place to work and shop. As you know we are committed to constantly improving our processes and appreciate you taking the time... More

    5. Helpful (1)

      "Great place, good people"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      Working with hard working people that enjoy working with their hands, meeting customers and helping them get what they need

      Cons

      Sometimes gets very busy and you only have one cashier and loong lines

      Advice to Management

      Open up more cash registers when a rush happens so everyone gets out quickly

      Harbor Freight Tools Response

      Aug 12, 2017 – Director of Talent Acquisition

      We couldn't agree with you more, Harbor Freight is a great place to work; we have the best associates in the industry, amazing products and strong core principles to guide us. As you know we are... More

    6. "Good"

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      Current Employee - Logistics Associate in Taylor, TX
      Current Employee - Logistics Associate in Taylor, TX
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Harbor Freight Tools part-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Good environment, fun, if you like to stay busy then it's a good job

      Cons

      No hours only getting 12 a week and they keep saying they will put me full time

      Advice to Management

      Don't hire to many people

      Harbor Freight Tools Response

      Aug 12, 2017 – Director of Talent Acquisition

      We couldn't agree with you more, Harbor Freight is a great place to work; we have the best associates in the industry, amazing products and strong core principles to guide us. We appreciate all you... More

    7. "OK"

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      Former Employee - Sales Associate in North Syracuse, NY
      Former Employee - Sales Associate in North Syracuse, NY

      I worked at Harbor Freight Tools part-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      easy going job, fun to upsell memberships and insurance, if youre good at it the commission is nice :)

      Cons

      CONSTANTLY dealing with angry customers/processing returns/exchanges because the tools are GARBAGE!

      Harbor Freight Tools Response

      Aug 12, 2017 – Director of Talent Acquisition

      We couldn't agree with you more, Harbor Freight is a great place to work; we have the best associates in the industry, amazing products and strong core principles to guide us. We appreciate all you... More

    8. "Name collection"

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      Former Employee - Sales Associate/Cashier in Santa Rosa, CA
      Former Employee - Sales Associate/Cashier in Santa Rosa, CA
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Harbor Freight Tools part-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Co workers and PTO, Also sick time. Customers were cool.

      Cons

      Hours and shifts. Pay. Name collection. Having to constantly harass customers.

      Advice to Management

      More full time positions

    9. Helpful (1)

      "A job, not a career."

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      Former Employee - Retail Sales Associate in Ypsilanti, MI
      Former Employee - Retail Sales Associate in Ypsilanti, MI
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Harbor Freight Tools part-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      It pays, and it is consistent. They are desperate for employees, so as long as you say "yes, I can do that", or "I don't have a problem with doing that", for every question that they have in the face-to-face interview, you will get the job by default. Job security is there-- they only way you can get fired is if you are incompetent, just flat out refuses to do your job, or just doesn't show up to work on time or at all.

      Cons

      The pay isn't any better that any other job around. So, if you figured to yourself that this job is better than flipping burgers, just realize that you will be asked to perform less work at a job that requires you to flip burgers. Also, because the pay isn't any better than neighboring businesses, there is no incentive to stay. Thus you get a steady rotation of new hires coming in and out. This is a problem because they can't sustain skilled employees, and only a select are preasured to do the bulk of the work. There is never any shortage of work to do, but there is almost always a shortage of personnel or payroll hours to get the work done. They hire from outside of the company too often, instead of promoting from within-- this you will quickly hit a glass ceiling for higher payed positions and compensation.

      Advice to Management

      Stop trying to fix problems that aren't inherently broken, and address the issues that exist.

    10. "Overall it isnt too bad to work here, its a high school job though"

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      Former Employee - Sales Associate/Cashier in Southaven, MS
      Former Employee - Sales Associate/Cashier in Southaven, MS
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Harbor Freight Tools full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      easy money, short shifts, reasonable pay while in school

      Cons

      lots of drama and crappy management

      Advice to Management

      stop choosing favorites and only giving the favs hours, everyone else would like money too

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