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Harbor Freight Tools

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Get Ready For Retail Hell... - Store Manager Harbor Freight Tools Employee Review

1.0
30 Nov 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The owner is worth $4B with a $150,000,000 yacht and an $80,000,000 house. Customers are generally comfortably numb with cheap tools. You can be brain dead and if you can tolerate the retail grind you will be average.

Cons

The basic hourly associate is grossly under paid. The District and Regional Managers are predatory and you will come to hate them. The associates are generally turn downs from Home Depot and such who will tolerate poor treatment and cheap pay because they have no choice.

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Harbor Freight Tools Response
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We are a continuous improvement organization, as you know from working with us, and we greatly appreciate your feedback. We will make sure to share your feedback with the appropriate Associates so they can further address any concerns you or others may have. You mentioned our owner, and though I cannot confirm what you mentioned, I can share a few things that you left out. Just a few weeks ago, we awarded hardworking teachers from across the country for their passion and commitment to education. We also awarded schools of their choosing so these institutions can continue giving back to their communities. In addition, the owner started a special foundation and its sole purpose is to give back to the communities across this great country. All of these initiatives were born from the hard work and dedication of our owner and the 20,000 HFT Associates across the country. We are also proud to recognize that our owner has paid the ever-increasing cost of HFT Associate health care four years in a row to keep our costs low. We wish you all the best on your career journey and appreciate your commitment to delivering value to the hardworking while you were an HFT Associate.

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Great benefits, fast paced environment, good teamwork. I liked the hours, you get an education about tools, whether from your coworkers or the customers. And speaking of the customers, they were on the better side for retail. Most are down to earth and easy to converse with.

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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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