Pay promised is not pay received. - Anonymous employee H&R Block Employee Review

3.0
May 20, 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Enjoyable work. Work with wonderful, knowledgeable people. Excellent training program, both for prospective employees and current employees. Client contact makes the work varied and interesting.

Cons

Upper management makes many promises, but rarely follows through. Salary and bonuses are promiesed, but never is the amount originally promised. Management never hires enough tax preparers which puts a huge burden on current tax preparers. The managers are always begging other offices to lend them a preparer to help with the work load. This means during tax season you rarely get any time off. Management is aware of the problem but does not rectify the situation.

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Pros

I could go on and on with an endless list of pros working for H&R Block but I list a few that stands out: 1. Management (Both in-office and district-wide) want to support your ability to build a book of business. Before the end of January, I was transferred to high traffic offices with better new-client potential. 2. Most senior and more experienced tax pros are willing to help and supervise you. 3. A great first job in a professional setting (Especially for someone who did not have the opportunity to do an internship). 4. Job helps you develop tax expertise as well as giving you call center, data entry, upselling, client service and financial advising experience. 5. If it's not your first tax season with the firm, you are eligible for an end of season commission (Depending on amount of revenue you brought to the company) in addition to the base pay you recieve as pay for weeks and hours worked.

Cons

It's seasonal. You are not eligible for a potential end of season commission if it's your first tax season. You also have to reapply before training begins again around 4th quarter of calender year (Although bear in mind this is due to the continuing education requiremnts of the tax preperation/ tax advisory field in general).

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