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HFT issues at hand - Anonymous employee Harbor Freight Tools Employee Review

2.0
May 20, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

company has a very good bonus program for Managers

Cons

very bad Human Resources department. Mid management, Regionals need to learn how a store actually runs. base pay for management is low.

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Harbor Freight Tools Response
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Hello. Thank you for your input. We agree, the managers' bonus programs are pretty great, as are the health, 401K and vacation benefits. We also appreciate your thoughts regarding HR and corporate management, and we'd love to hear more from you. We encourage you to reach out to your HR representative or, if you'd prefer to remain anonymous, call the HFT Outlet Hotline at 1-800-693-8377. Thanks again for your feedback.

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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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