H&R Block reviews

The organization has become very political and promotions are only given if you are in the "in crowd" instead of given to those that have done a fantastic job. I have seen great people passed up for promotions and have seen people that have failed badly given promotions.

H&R Block has historically had a poor track record of women in leadership, with a decreasing number of women in senior leadership positions after Jeff Jones became CEO in October 2017. After my departure and complaints, they have attempted to address and improve this (from 2022 onward)... Which is good, but I wonder how much of the culture is actually authentically better. While I was at H&R Block, there was a boys-club culture within the company, with men frequently socializing outside of work without including women. The majority of men in director, VP, and CIO positions have stay-at-home wives, which perpetuated the stereotype that women should not hold executive leadership positions. As a leader, I faced a pattern of sexism and marginalization. Despite championing innovative and efficient solutions to improve the company's operations and generating outstanding results within my area of responsibility, my ideas were dismissed or ignored by male colleagues and my director superior. This lead to delays and missed opportunities. Some ideas I presented would only be adopted many months later if they were championed by a male leader. Additionally, I was criticized for telling the truth about the limitations of the company's technology and for my efforts to improve the IT department's organization which is plagued with incompetence in its leadership. Technical and system outages have occurred frequently, causing potential harm to the business. Overall, during my time at H&R Block, I experienced a pattern of gender discrimination and a lack of support despite my substantial contributions and exceptional leadership skills. Being a rock star is intimidating to folks at the company that have decades-long tenures and lackluster performance. They'd rather accept the status quo than see the company succeed.