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Harbor Freight Tools

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Glorified Mom & Pop - Assistant Manager Harbor Freight Tools Employee Review

2.0
Jul 24, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Great place to sharpen sales skills. Diverse customer base. Great benefits. Relaxed dress code. New gadgets and tools coming in all the time. Great place for discount tools.

Cons

Too many cheap, poor quality Chinese trinkets. Unsafe work environment. Small, cramped, dirty, overstocked stores. Low pay scale prohibits hiring competent help. Founders/senior management exhibit little knowledge of bricks-and-mortal retailing operations. Too many sales events occurring simultaneously. A computer system from the Stone Age. A warehouse system that believes the stores are storage facilities for the warehouse. Too many rainchecks given out to customers for merchandise that may or may not come in. Too many "outs" in the store, especially during sales where the "outs" have been advertised.

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5.0
Jun 3, 2026
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Pros

Insurance for part time employees, benefits for part time employees, pay well above minimum wage

Cons

Can sometimes be overstaffed, and very small hours for part timers

3.0
Jun 7, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Salary, $18.28/hr, benefits, enjoy working with customers

Cons

Management has changed. Store is in chaos. I've been there nearly 4 years and I'm very unhappy with some management.

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