Pros
Flexible hours, gain experience preparing taxes, working with public at high rate/fast pace. Familiarity with software for tax prep. How to operate a profitable business, how NOT to treat employees that you want to retain.
Cons
Horrible treatment of employees. CTEC given to anyone who attends class, even if not proficient in tax preparation. No advancement for intelligent African Americans, especially men Poor preparation. Overload of tasks and responsibility for peasant-like compensation. Over charge for product/service on poor communities. Not really used by middle upper class people. Continued games with tax preparer bonus toward end of season to NOT pay you! Trip/trick you to terminate personnel to avoid payment of bonus. Weeks of unpaid training hours at start and throughout season. High turnover of management and tax preparer personnel. Overall just plain shady and underhanded. Especially elaahub (east los angeles hub)