H&R Block reviews

3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(615 total reviews)

Curtis Campbell

75% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

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1.0
Mar 28, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

You can do your own taxes for free with great software. Great tax training

Cons

The pay is the worst. Rock bottom in base salary and in bonus payout. A tax preparer doesn't even get 10% of their earnings per tax return prepared. The prices are too high for customers, causing them to not return, which makes upper management place the blame on the preparer. Marketing strategies are stuck in the 1920s. The company thinks door to door salesmen still exist in a modern world. There is no direct communication between corporate and stores leading to clients being confused when they need support. The company competes against itself by having tax prices charge for things they offer online for free. There is no such thing as a job well done. There is always more you can do.

3.0
Mar 25, 2017

DGM

Recommend
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Pros

Full autonomy to do your job, great team, resources readily available, challenging work, success depends on you, and good pay.

Cons

Poor work life balance, difficult to work with seasonal uncommitted people, disconnect between corporate and field.

4.0
Mar 25, 2017

Secretary

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Pros

I worked in an office near a University and Medical center where the clientele was on the higher end. Because of the expertise neede the majority of my coworkers were great professionals who had already retired from one career and enjoyed doing taxes to stay busy. Always had free coffee at the office. Comfortable amount of Autonomy or ability to work at ones own discretion. District management were real stand-up people, and down to earth.

Cons

Had to fight tooth and nail for overtime as a secretary. Some folks aren't cut out to help people with taxes, and they tend to create complications for the secretary, because the secretary is the front line for disgruntled clients. And near the end of tax season(April 15th), personnel should be prepared to have a tax marathon that is more like a non stop flow of confused circus actors streaming through the front door. In short, it gets rough for everyone near the end. However it is a good team building phase.

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