H&R Block reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(7,084 total reviews)

Curtis Campbell

73% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

H&R Block has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 7,084 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The H&R Block employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.4 stars).

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7K reviews
2.0
May 3, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Great CEO, genuinely cares about people.

Cons

There is a very real woke culture at H&R Block. You couldn't get through the lobby most weeks without something being celebrated. I am all for celebrating diversity and inclusion. But it was crickets on Veterans Day. No note from management to Veterans. One culture is flexible, inclusive, etc. For IT, you are expected to be in the office every day and while they can't enforce that, it is enforced in performance reviews. The lowest paid member of my team (by a wide margin) - for years, despite my efforts, was African American.

1.0
May 2, 2023

Hrblick not the best employer

Recommend
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Pros

I like helping clients with their return and helping people resolve their IRS issues.

Cons

They take away your bonus for working overtime. They call it overtime true up. But yet overtime is required to see all the clients. The extra time required for complex returns is not factored in to scheduling so we are i rescheduled and create backlog. Thus helps lend it self to overtime. It’s almost like stealing back your compensation to the extent that bonuses are part of compensation but they create the conditions requiring overtime. They monitor productivity. But the method used assumes we are just data clerks tapping information into tax software. I am in the verge of leaving. With two masters degrees and an enrolled agent I can do better with my own ERO

1.0
Apr 20, 2023

A case study in mismanagement

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Pros

Not a whole lot. I truly can't think of any right now. You will get better pay and treated better literally anywhere else

Cons

Penny wise and dollar dumb. They fire receptionists and individual store managers the same day we close stores. Individual store managers were told on a meeting at 10am that this was also their last day and they had until 1pm to pack up their offices for closing. This is all still while we are seeing clients, taking payments, and getting walk ins. It means as a leader covering 3 stores, you effectively have to be in 3 places at once. And you'll never be recognized for this crazy balancing act they force upon their employees. So there is a massive labor shortage that Multi-Unit team leaders need to deal with. Extremely tough on overtime. Even when it is desperately needed, you will not be allowed any overtime during peak season. Management that simply does not care about their employees. This company is anything but proactive. They have a knee-jerk reaction to everything and it is very disorganized. Frankly, I would tell people to RUN and let consumers know they will be far better off doing Turbo Tax on their own. Leaders do not make visits to retail locations. They all work remote. But as a Multi-Unit team leader, I am not allowed to do anything from home. The double standards are insane.

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