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Harbor Freight Tools

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Help out the employee - Anonymous employee Harbor Freight Tools Employee Review

4.0
6 Mar 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great atmosphere to work in, fairly flexible, overall work wise a great place to work

Cons

No where near competitive on pay still at the lower end, McDonald's employees make more, while higher ups in the corporate end donate to themselves instead of taking care of the employees who ultimately take care of them. There are plenty of employees who struggle to pay bills, living check to check worried on if they will make it, and no one looking out for the employee. It hurts me to have to do this but someone has to stand up.

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Harbor Freight Tools Response
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Thank you so much for providing your feedback, and know that we will be forwarding it to the appropriate team members. We have amazing Associates at Harbor Freight Tools, and look forward to providing more opportunities for them. Best of luck as you progress with us!

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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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