Employee Reviews
(Winged ratings measure job satisfaction on scale of 1 to 5)
Anonymous shared this review of H&R Block, United States on Dec 28th, 2020
"I worked my way up to manager which allowed me to work year round but I had to reapply at least three times a year. No position is guaranteed past the regular season, the six weeks post season and the pre season and I had to apply at every season transition if I wanted to continue working. With each new position came a pay decrease, leaving me financially strapped until tax season rolled around again and I became office manager again. I stuck it out so long because I honestly believed there would be a permanent position for me if I proved myself.
Most women don’t make it past manager. The district and regional managers are brought in from the outside.
The greatest frustration was in the demands made upon the seasonal tax pros. Most of the experienced employees had full time permanent jobs elsewhere. These were the jobs that paid their bills from April trough December and provided health insurance. Still H&R Block expected these employees to devote all of their time to the company beginning with training in December, which were often scheduled during the day. After April H&R Block couldn’t be bothered with these employees outside of tax season. "
Are women & men treated equally?
"No"
Does the CEO support gender diversity?
"Not sure"
One thing H&R Block can improve?
"Promote more women into leadership positions"
Position or Department
MTL - Multi Unit Teamleader, Accounting
Recent Salary
$0-$25k
Level of Flexibility
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"Though flexibility is a stated benefit of working here during onboarding you are ‘strongly encouraged’ to keep your availability wide open. If you tell your manager that you can’t always work all the shifts you are scheduled the manager is supposed to ‘remind’ you that you said you had open availability. "
Is paid parental leave offered, and if so, how much?
"No / Unsure"
Would you recommend H&R Block to other women?
"Maybe"
How supportive is your manager?
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5
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Anonymous shared this review of H&R Block on Mar 5th, 2019
"Don't. HRB treats first-year employees like indentured servants. The pay is substandard, and you will be scheduled to work shifts that you specifically asked to not work."
Are women & men treated equally?
"No"
Does the CEO support gender diversity?
"No"
One thing H&R Block can improve?
"Improve work-life balance and policies (e.g. flex-time, limit face time)"
Position or Department
Tax Specialist, Retail
Recent Salary
$0-$25k
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
Level of Flexibility
1
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5
Did you take Maternity leave?
"No"
Would you recommend H&R Block to other women?
"No"
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Anonymous shared this review of H&R Block on Jan 16th, 2019
"Block is a fairly decent place to work as far s being treated fairly by management and coworkers. However, it is a seasonal position, the compensation is not equal to the duties asked to perform (in some cases tax pros earn as low as minimum wage, and office managers are not paid much better), and because of the nature of the job it can be stressful."
Are women & men treated equally?
"Yes"
Does the CEO support gender diversity?
"Yes"
One thing H&R Block can improve?
"Improve my compensation"
Position or Department
Office Manager, Retail
Recent Salary
$0-$25k
Recent Bonus
$0
Level of Flexibility
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"It depends on your position. Front desk and tax professionals usually get more flexible hours and a better work-life balance than office managers on up."
Work-Life Friendly Attributes:
Culture
Did you take Maternity leave?
"No"
Would you recommend H&R Block to other women?
"Maybe"
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Anonymous shared this review of H&R Block on Aug 5th, 2018
"You will either be super busy or super slow. There is really nothing in the middle. "
Are women & men treated equally?
"Yes"
Does the CEO support gender diversity?
"Yes"
One thing H&R Block can improve?
"Improve my compensation"
Recent Salary
$0-$25k
Recent Bonus
$0
Level of Flexibility
1
2
3
4
5
Did you take Maternity leave?
"No"
Would you recommend H&R Block to other women?
"Yes"
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Anonymous shared this review of H&R Block on Jan 25th, 2017
"great place to work as a mom, but no benefits"
Are women & men treated equally?
"Yes"
One thing H&R Block can improve?
"Improve my compensation"
Recent Salary
$25k-$50k
Recent Bonus
$0
Did you take Maternity leave?
"No"
Would you recommend H&R Block to other women?
"Yes"
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Anonymous shared this review of H&R Block on Mar 21st, 2016
"Management is male dominated and not diverse. They pay the men more for the same job during the off season. Boss ignores good suggestions until a man repeats what you just said. Assumption is you did something wrong. Lots of infighting is accepted and encouraged. Have had to take severe sexual harrassment situations into my own hands."
Are women & men treated equally?
"No"
Position or Department
Master Tax Advisor, Tax Preparation
Recent Salary
$0-$25k
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
Did you take Maternity leave?
"Yes"
0 Weeks Paid | 30 Weeks Unpaid
Would you recommend H&R Block to other women?
"Maybe"
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Anonymous shared this review of H&R Block on Mar 21st, 2016
"This is a seasonal job but you learn a lot, you meet people, and you help people. I've been here for 15 years and there are a lot of women who work here, though there are some men as well. We get along like family."
Are women & men treated equally?
"Yes"
Recent Salary
$0-$25k
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
Did you take Maternity leave?
"No"
Would you recommend H&R Block to other women?
"Yes"
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Anonymous shared this review of H&R Block on Mar 21st, 2016
"I've been here for 9 years. My position is hourly-paid and during tax season I get a ton of overtime. I have also earned performance incentives and decent commissions. However, there are limited opportunities available outside of tax season. I have also observed that the company rarely hires upper management from the base of seasonal tax pro's and office managers, so there is little promise of upward mobility regardless of gender. My job is best considered a "second job" because I make the majority of my income from self-employment during the 8.5 months outside of tax season. Seasonal associates do not get healthcare benefits."
Are women & men treated equally?
"Yes"
Recent Salary
$0-$25k
Recent Bonus
$10k-$20k
Did you take Maternity leave?
"No"
Would you recommend H&R Block to other women?
"Maybe"
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Anonymous shared this review of H&R Block on Mar 21st, 2016
"As a Tax Professional your income is dependent upon how much time and effort you are willing to put into your business. The more education you get the more you know. It does take time to build up to a decent income."
Are women & men treated equally?
"Yes"
Position or Department
Tax Professional
Recent Salary
$0-$25k
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
Did you take Maternity leave?
"No"
Would you recommend H&R Block to other women?
"Yes"
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Anonymous shared this review of H&R Block on Mar 21st, 2016
"You control how much you make, take the classes you need to learn more. It does take time to build up your client base and your income."
Are women & men treated equally?
"Yes"
Position or Department
Tax Professional
Recent Salary
$0-$25k
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
Did you take Maternity leave?
"No"
Would you recommend H&R Block to other women?
"Yes"
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Anonymous shared this review of H&R Block on Mar 21st, 2016
"I worked here for 25 years and there are a lot of women working here, but not in higher management roles. Mid level women don't seem to advance."
Are women & men treated equally?
"No"
Position or Department
Manager
Recent Salary
$0-$25k
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
Did you take Maternity leave?
"No"
Would you recommend H&R Block to other women?
"No"
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Anonymous shared this review of H&R Block on Mar 21st, 2016
"I have been working there for 26 years, its mostly women. most upper management is male, they need to treat their employees a lot better, if it weren't for these tax pros, there would not be a company, we make them money, they don't make us money, they need to appreciate us more, we work very hard at what we do."
Are women & men treated equally?
"No"
Position or Department
Tax Professional
Recent Salary
$0-$25k
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
Did you take Maternity leave?
"No"
Would you recommend H&R Block to other women?
"Yes"
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Anonymous shared this review of H&R Block on Mar 21st, 2016
"Hours are flexible."
Are women & men treated equally?
"Yes"
Position or Department
Tax Professional
Recent Salary
$0-$25k
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
Did you take Maternity leave?
"No"
Would you recommend H&R Block to other women?
"Yes"
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Anonymous shared this review of H&R Block on Mar 21st, 2016
"some men who prepare taxes are paid better then woman, woman do not seem to advance"
Are women & men treated equally?
"No"
Position or Department
Tax prepation
Recent Salary
$0-$25k
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
Did you take Maternity leave?
"No"
Would you recommend H&R Block to other women?
"No"
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Anonymous shared this review of H&R Block on Mar 21st, 2016
"As a tax preparer, we are only seasonal. We need more year round work."
Are women & men treated equally?
"Yes"
Recent Salary
$0-$25k
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
Did you take Maternity leave?
"No"
Would you recommend H&R Block to other women?
"Yes"
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Anonymous shared this review of H&R Block on Mar 21st, 2016
"I have worked for this company for 4 years and there are equal men and women working here."
Are women & men treated equally?
"Yes"
Recent Salary
$0-$25k
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
Did you take Maternity leave?
"No"
Would you recommend H&R Block to other women?
"Yes"
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Anonymous shared this review of H&R Block on Mar 21st, 2016
"This company is very aggressive with marketing activities. This is not just a part-time job for someone to just go to work at. The company treats this as if it is your own small business and expects you to hit the streets to help get the clients in."
Are women & men treated equally?
"Yes"
Position or Department
Tax Professional
Recent Salary
$0-$25k
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
Did you take Maternity leave?
"No"
Would you recommend H&R Block to other women?
"Yes"
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Anonymous shared this review of H&R Block on Mar 21st, 2016
"CANT MAKE A LIVING OFF IT"
Are women & men treated equally?
"No"
Recent Salary
$0-$25k
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
Did you take Maternity leave?
"No"
Would you recommend H&R Block to other women?
"No"
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Anonymous shared this review of H&R Block on Mar 21st, 2016
"company wants robots to work for them- not entitled to opinion and expect you to work long hours for little pay and often work off the clock as well as put company before family and outside influences"
Are women & men treated equally?
"No"
Recent Salary
$25k-$50k
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
Did you take Maternity leave?
"No"
Would you recommend H&R Block to other women?
"No"
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Anonymous shared this review of H&R Block on Mar 21st, 2016
"Again, the seasonal nature of this business makes having a serious career impossible"
Are women & men treated equally?
"No"
Position or Department
Marketing Coordinator, Marketing
Recent Salary
$25k-$50k
Recent Bonus
$0-$10k
Did you take Maternity leave?
"No"
Would you recommend H&R Block to other women?
"Maybe"
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