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Toxic Environment - Anonymous employee Harbor Freight Tools Employee Review

1.0
21 Jan 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Benefits and compensation for upper management is good.

Cons

A very political environment which measures ones performance on perception alone. Even numerical indicators of performance can be perceived through upper management as “how one contributed” to that number. Several individuals within the company have too much influence on executive management that these opportunities are over looked!

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Harbor Freight Tools Response
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First, we want to thank you for all your hard work at Harbor Freight Tools and for trusting us with your career for over 5 years. Please know that we are especially listening to feedback regarding management. Part of being a continuous improvement organization means listening to our Associates and learning as we grow every step of the way. We wish you the best in achieving your future career goals.

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