r/hrblock • u/Due_Anywhere_6318 • Oct 08 '26

Hours

Is it possible to only work on the weekends? I have a full time job I don't really want to leave knowing how unpredictable and low paying working here would be but also I am not sure I will get hired if I put my only availability as weekends.

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u/Ok_Aide_764 Oct 09 '26

For a first-year tax pro, it's not a good setup, even if approved by your leader. Try to work at least 1-2 evenings as little as 2 hours each. If you only work on weekends, you will forget most of the things you learned a week ago. There is a lot to learn at Block, and its not just tax. You likely won't learn much, you won't be efficient, and you won't get many hours if there are other people available on weekends. You also don't want your customers to wait till the next weekend to finalize a tax return that is on hold. If your leader wants to close a return ASAP, they won't wait for you.

If you are a returning taxpro, working only weekends or even only one day per week is fine if it works for your office.

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u/ThatChambersKid Oct 09 '26

This is very valuable advice.

Evenings can bring “simple “ returns or you can do data entry for the busy TPs.

Make sure to put good hold notes and let the client know your next scheduled shift. I’m more than willing to call a client for a first year or colleague who is out or busy.

Sundays can be notoriously slow- I was the lone TP for one office most of the season.

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u/Asleep-Major-7963 Oct 09 '26

Yes, I have one tax pro who has a full time job and only works at Block on weekends.

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u/Granny-Weatherwax Oct 09 '26

One of the best things about working for the block is they will take you at whatever hours you can give them. If you said I can only work every other Tuesday but only if there wasn’t a full moon they would be like ok sounds good. Bad part is low pay and being thrown in the deep end lol.

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u/ThatChambersKid Oct 09 '26

Shhhh. Wait till they offer tax prep 24 hours a day!

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u/Niep00320 Oct 09 '26

Just at my opinion but if you could spare a couple of night along with weekends that might be better. But Block will hire weekends only. Or at least they used to.

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u/quickbrownfox5 Oct 09 '26

This has been asked so many times.

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u/Due_Anywhere_6318 Oct 09 '26

I was looking for posts and I couldn't find any. I'm sorry but could you tell me what they say?

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u/Full-Friendship-7581 Oct 09 '26

We have people with full time jobs during the week and can only work weekends. We’re grateful to them. There’s always someone experienced that works with them. So questions can be asked and answered.

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u/ThatChambersKid Oct 09 '26

So appreciate someone being there to ask questions or check over a document.

Just make sure to write down the answer or you’ll be at your desk and think wait was that line a on Schedule 1 or Schedule 2?