Employees are underpaid, customers are stressed about politics and finances (taxes). - Tax Associate H&R Block Employee Review

2.0
Apr 6, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Free training/certification, seasonal work, friends and family discount for tax prep, they will hire just about anyone who can type.

Cons

Because they hire just about anyone, they seriously review rounding and other basic elementary school math during training. Pay is horrible (less than $10), prices are outrageous for customers and you have to justify it to them (I could do 4-5 $60 tax basic preps per hour...), high stress (no one likes or understands the finances or politics behind taxes), generally boring if there's no customers. They force a "company culture" on to you and try to make everyone feel "included" with big events but it just feels so fake, like a high school pep rally.

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Cons

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