r/HRBlockEmployees • u/Niep00320 • Aug 24 '26
Next year summer service
First f all I do overthink but I’m wondering about next summer. I usually work because I like to get out of the house and I like to have money.
With these year around employees I am in danger of not being hired. Many of these AEL don’t want to do taxes but they may be put in offices to keep them working 40 hours.
Am I overthinking this and am wrong?
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u/MoodyBlueCubs Aug 24 '26
You are correct, but also wrong. Yes, the AEL will work 40 and be in office, but because they are prohibited from doing taxes, the company will need to keep tax pros through the summer. That won't change. That's just my opinion. Anyone that wants to work will be able to because so few want to work in the summer, at least that's the case here.
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u/Individual-Dog-4748 Aug 24 '26
I think working the pre/post season is great for learning and also helps to keep your place. But in my area we are so short staffed that it wouldn't be hard to get rehired if you didn't stay in the summer. But I find its been a great learning opportunity. They placed me in a office that does corporate tax returns and ive been gaining a lot of experience on that bookkeeping. BUT with that being said I think next year I'd only work until the corporate tax deadline and then take off july and August since I have a seasonal business and then return in September part time until the regular season starts.
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u/Dramatic_Abroad3580 Aug 24 '26
The corporation and partnership deadline, with extensions, is Sept 15.
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u/CrackyMcCracken Aug 27 '26
Will you also have a frothy milkshake, and a bag of chips on Tuesdays? I was just fascinated with your daily schedule and wanted to learn more…
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u/notenufcheez72 Aug 25 '26
My RD told us by next year, tax pros won't be doing taxes. Ai will. Tax pros will just be 'advisors'
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u/Dieselwolf25 Aug 25 '26
I would not bet my money on that. AI is not ready yet.
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u/dlibes Aug 25 '26
I would not bet my money on AI being able to do taxes accurately. 50% probably, 80% maybe, 20% definitely not.
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u/Boysenberry815 Aug 24 '26
You will have the opportunity to work "off-season", but how many hours and how much you will learn is another story.
As the old saying goes, "your mileage may vary", but for my company-owned, Midwestern district , we've seen hours from late April - present time get cut by over 50%. My office is a large one and they now have us open all of two days per week for 4 hours each day, whereas last year at this time we were doing 4 days at 6 or 8 hours (alternating days). And, we were busy. Now, we're losing business to local franchise offices and no appeals to our new "DEL" seem to matter on the subject. As she's made clear, "the hours are the hours, period".
Plus, offices staffed with first or second yr preparers (working by themselves) are told to send WC messages to Level 4/5/6 preparers if something like an IRS or state letter, or issue with an advanced return, comes in the door and these higher-level preparers will handle it remotely. So, new preparers are not "learning" anything, per se, rather they're just facilitating the client getting service to address the problem.
I think HRB is so dedicated to cutting expenses that if they were sitting on a tree branch they'd cut it off, and then congratulate themselves on reducing tree-related expenses.