Pros
seasonal work nice second job access to education is great, the Tax Institute is really great.
Kontras
low pay for the skill set expected, you can earn as much at a big box retailer. They put alot of pressure on you to do their marketing for them. New business strategy every year because of the high turnover of senior management. Offices and office managers will show favoritism because their bonus is based on office performance I think. New tax preparers sit around and watch the long term preparers get the customers and the bonus while you get questioned why your not preparing more returns. Then we are left to apologize to a client when a more senior and skilled (?) preparer consistently made mistakes that shouldn't have happened. After correcting the prior years (at no charge) you might get to do their current year. You have a better chance of "selling" peace of mind to them after that experience.