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Harbor Freight Tools

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A Difficult Place to Work For - ASM- Assistant Store Manager Harbor Freight Tools Employee Review

2.0
Sep 5, 2017
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Pros

great pay, i was able to hire people who were hard workers in an attempt to better the work atmosphere

Cons

lots of backstabbing, lots of relationships that made it difficult to come to work from outside the little cliques, upper management outside of store uninterested in truths or whats actually happening, just want to sweep problems under the rug and are unhelpful to store level management. could not believe that a group of people could continue to lie to hr and get multiple people fired because of their lies

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

Not getting to work overtime often.

4.0
Jun 16, 2026
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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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