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Harbor Freight Tools

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You Are A Number. Nothing More. - Retail Associate Harbor Freight Tools Employee Review

1.0
11 Nov 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

A paycheck. A part-time paycheck. As long as you are willing to have Open Availability (kinda hard to make this a 2nd job, eh?) hit the next-to-impossible quotas, hawking **USELESS** extras like the Extended Serivce Plan and Inside Track Club...and you are willing to do ANYTHING and EVERYTHING asked of you.

Cons

--Having to deal with clueless idiots for management. --Nasty, rude, smelly customers that may or may not understand English. --The fact that you will ALWAYS be part time, or in my case, have your Full Time hours and benefits cut off without warning. --You can be fired for literally ANYTHING at ANY TIME

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

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.

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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