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Harbor Freight Tools

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Horrible environment - Merchandising Assistant Store Manager Harbor Freight Tools Employee Review

2.0
6 Nov 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Rate of pay is good. Benefits are good. Bonus is hard to achieve but when you can achieve it, it's good.

Cons

Upper management has created an atmosphere where more people are working out of fear of consequences than they are of desire to do a good job.

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Harbor Freight Tools Response
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Thank you for your time with Harbor Freight Tools! We are working very hard to be a better place to work and shop and couldn't do it without our AWESOME associates around the country. We are committed to constant improvement and making sure that our associates are happy and learning so we appreciate your feedback. We wish you all the best on your career journey.

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Cons

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Pros

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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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