Harbor Freight Tools Employee Reviews about "paid time"

Pros

Privately owned company so not so much BS as in big box publicly traded retail stores. Upper management seems to care about its employees and has a solid review structure. Generous bonus package based on base salary and store performance (paid quarterly). Solid standard operating procedures makes merchandising and operations as easy as following instructions. Generous paid time off (but you'll have to plan it out). Employee discount. 401k with 3% salary matching. Pretty consistent salary increases (1/year @ 3% average)

Cons

Lots of heavy lifting! "Frugality" core principle lends to extra work at mgr level and below (i.e. Inventories x 1/year are self executed) Development is important to company but path from SM and higher is elusive and not well supported by most District Managers (read; you must way out perform your level, or be a good ol' boy) HFT is a formerly small business that may be growing too fast for it's own good: starting to feel 'Big-boxy' without the forethought.... ever increasing focus on metrics and new changes w/out planning it out. If you get an old store, prepare for facility challenges to include off-site warehouses, dark, old lighting/flooring/shelving. (They're putting all their money in to new stores and new programs and forgetting the store that got them there)

Pros

Great paid time off and insurance

Cons

To many employees are hired then quit after 1 day

Pros

Paid time off, work/life balance, environment, nice co-workers

Cons

Under staffed, never enough hrs to get things done.

Pros

For how much you get paid per hour, it’s an easy job. You also have the opportunity to make more by selling memberships. Paid time off is available when you earn your hours.

Cons

Management is very bad and lazy. This is just my for my store. Their method of new-hire training is non existent, leaving people to get overwhelmed with the job and quitting. Management doesn’t know how to get their store together.

Pros

Paid Time Off, Sick Time, Holiday Pay, Benefits Savings, Fantastic medical/dental/vision coverage. Does the right thing.

Cons

Very Physical working environment, not for the weak.

Pros

Health Benefits & cost, Paid Time Off, Employee Discount

Cons

Existing Manager Base Pay, Regularly fails to provide resources to meet its own company expectations, Human Resources cares more about hourly employees than management. Tremendous amount of misinformation and misdirection given before final direction and expectations are provided. Has tendency to draw customers in for advertise products that are not yet available.

Pros

Paid Time Off Christmas and Thanksgiving off and paid.

Cons

No work life balance The company encourages you to work off the clock Trucks are terrible The company does not care about their employees or customers. And this pandemic has definitely proved that. Just saying don’t state you’ll close your store if someone tests positive and not follow through with it. You put everybody at risk at a greater risk and you should be ashamed.

Pros

If you put in hard work, it's recognized by your store. My store manager was a fantastic boss, with a great work ethic and constantly pushed others to do put forth their best performance. Staff where I was at was always extremely friendly, had a good sense of humor, and was very effective in doing their jobs. Commissions are a great way to earn a lot of extra money, whether part time or full time associate. Benefits and paid time off are available for part time and full time positions alike.

Cons

Several of their policies, namely attendance and cash, have a "strikeout" format. If you are more than 6 minutes late or more than $5 under or over, you are flagged for the next six months. They do not communicate with you or with anyone at your store directly until your last "strike" and will automatically fire you if it happens again, even at the expense of your store, ignoring whether or not your managers plead otherwise.