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Harbor Freight Tools

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Unrealistic staffing expectations. - Anonymous employee Harbor Freight Tools Employee Review

3.0
3 Mar 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Harbor freight tools is a Rapidly growing company. Many opportunities to advance if interested. Most new stores seem to be in smaller suburban communities.

Cons

Odd promotions that seem to never end. Bimonthly tent sales are promoted as something big, but there is never anything new or special to distinguish them from the everyday sales. This causes confusion and frustration from customers who are looking for something special in the "special" sale.

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

Great benefits, fast paced environment, good teamwork. I liked the hours, you get an education about tools, whether from your coworkers or the customers. And speaking of the customers, they were on the better side for retail. Most are down to earth and easy to converse with.

Cons

Supply chain issues, many parts would never be replenished, despite being featured, advertised, and on display. That would often lead to tensions with customers. Aggressive time constraints on tasks. Sidewalk sales, holidays, and also coincidentally inclement weather days, can be quite busy and therefore stressful. Especially if there's call outs, but if you have a good management team, you'll have good staff that will want to work for them.

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