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Horrible place to work - Sales Manager Harbor Freight Tools Employee Review

1.0
Jan 11, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

The pay scale is good.

Cons

You will earn your paycheck the amount of verbal, emotional and sometimes physical abuse you have to endure at this job. Horrible place if you have any kind of life. They expect you to give up everything for the good of the store and expect that you do it with a smile. Managment or above get bonuses off the hard work of associates, and associates, full time or part time, see nothing. 2.5 percent raises bi-yearly on raises for managment.

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Harbor Freight Tools Response
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We always welcome the opportunity to receive any feedback and we appreciate you taking the time to share your experience with us. Here at Harbor Freight, we value people above all else and we do not tolerate any form of harassment and bullying whether it is from an Associate or a customer. We want you to know that we take feedback like this very seriously and we will be sure to escalate these comments to senior leadership. Thank you for your hard work in Columbus, IN and we wish you all the best.

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