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Harbor Freight Tools

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They do not care about their employees - Assistant Manager Harbor Freight Tools Employee Review

1.0
18 Aug 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Vacation and sick time are somewhat generous. Usually lots of flexibility available in scheduling. Good advertising brings in customers.

Cons

Oh where to start. Recently all employees except managers must be below 30 hours meaning no benefits for them. Very difficult to keep quality people under these circumstances. This leads to a "revolving door" of part time employees. Product shipment is terribly mismanaged (way too much product in the store). Unrealistic expectations by upper management with very low payroll (under 4% as compared to sales dollars which is unheard of)

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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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