tax specialist

planner

senior tax specialist

tax associate

tax intern

Hantz Group

At a minimum, you are required to work for 11 hours per day for most practices in this company. Some teams start work at 7 AM and end at 8 PM. This is a 13-hour workday. You basically only go to sleep and come to work for 5 days a week in some of these practices. which essentially means no life outside of work. And you have to do this for the entire duration of your employment.  

You do not know which team you will be placed in so you might be placed in one of these teams. 

Oh, and also you are required to work a half-day on Saturday. 

Of course, because most people are salary they are exempt from overtime pay. Essentially you are working for the company for free. The typical salary at this company is also extremely low. The starting salaries range from 30k-45k. and you more than likely will average close to 60 hours per week meaning you are getting paid somewhere around $14-15 per hour which is what a Mcdonald's employee will get. 

The turnover at the company is very high, especially in the back office. The people there do not typically stay for more than a year. The interview tends to be easy becomes most people turn down work at Hantz so they will essentially hire anyone that is desperate enough for a job. 

All in all, if you work at this company expect to have no life outside of work and get paid a very low salary. You would think since you are sacrificing all this extra time that you would be properly compensated. But at Hantz, you will not be. 

Also, forget about benefits when working at this company. They do not even give you a 401k match. 

Do you expect to enjoy Christmas. Well at this company you get 1 day off for Christmas. If you try to take your vacation days the company will not be happy. 

I've seen the CEO of the company call out people who take vacations, so naturally all the VPs follow that direction.  

I worked for Hantz Tax & Business (subsidiary of Hantz Group) for one and half years (started as an intern). It wasn’t clear to me until after I had finished my first tax season that management is hardly concerned with the growth and development of its accountants. Accountants are expected to have a high level of financial advising knowledge, but they are constantly under led on important issues. When this happens, they under perform, which brings harsh repercussions from the advisor-led management team. You can work here and learn a great deal about tax law, how to talk about tax law with clients, and how to effectively work with a team to do good planning work, but you can’t grow beyond a staff accountant unless you’re willing to be constantly bullied and under led by management. You’ll be constantly ridiculed in front of your peers if you don’t know how to do something, and there is no mercy if you get something wrong. Name calling and yelling are commonplace. Your failures are used as teachable moments in a training setting, and often framed as ways to make you feel terrible about your shortcomings. If you decide to work here, use it in the short term to get some knowledge and experience under your belt. Once they start talking about letting you take on clients personally and “more responsibility,” get out. 

Also, as a full time worker, you are not allowed to complain about having too much work to do. If you have to work 55 hours one week to meet your deadlines, then management will make you work those 55 hours. They don’t care if you get burnt out. More work is seen as nothing but a privilege. 

I spent two and a half years working as a practice manager/planning assistant/chief of staff and it was a huge waste of my time. Starting salary is $36,000, unless you’re related to or sleeping with someone there. The expectations are unrealistic, and they make all full time employees be salaried so they don’t have to pay overtime. If you accept a position at this company (especially at the Southfield headquarters) expect to be working 52-60 hours per week. Without overtime pay. They do the BARE MINIMUM for their employees. 10 days of PTO per year that do not roll over and are difficult to schedule because your team can’t function without you. You get 5-7 paid sick days but those are hard to use too, and also don’t roll over. There’s a “podcast” every week that’s 1.5 hours long and is pointless to most departments. Once a month there are SIX hours of podcasts over the course of two days, which are essentially just the higher ups patting themselves on the back for their accomplishments. Work life balance is nonexistent. You work six days a week and if you need to skip a Saturday for the dentist or an oil change, it’s unacceptable. While this company is awful to work for, I do firmly believe that the work they do for their clients is great. I just strongly disagree with the methods they take with their employees to do so. Waste of time and energy working here. Safe yourself the mental and financial stress and go somewhere else.

- Hantz Group is a great place for young inexperienced workers to cut their teeth and get some real world experience.  My managers were both great and one in particular was very helpful in my training and learning process.  They were always willing to take time out of their day to help if you had any questions.
- You'll be bombarded with information at the beginning but after being there awhile you'll be a pro at everything.
- There are also a lot of other great people who work there so you are bound to find some people that you get along with.  I was personally blessed with some great coworkers.
- Unfortunately the hours are not so great, for many people it is a requirement to come in on Saturdays.  I didn't always have to go in but many times the work load required me to come in on Saturday.
- You can be sure to typically get paid under the market rate of what your salary or wage would normally be.  Part of it I get because they are essentially providing on the job training as well as opportunities for you to further your education and get licenses.  But if you don't need that first job to get experience I would steer clear.

Did accounting for Hantz Group.  AR, AP, expense reimbursments, Charged Clients, Balanced books, Deposited client checks, month end, ect.

At Hantz Group I was able to get hands on Accounting experience.  I was able to go through the entire accounting cycle.  I learned how to use a quick books comparative accounting system.  I got the opportunity to correct the books for a company that hired our accounting department and hadn't tracked assets and expenses the correct way.  I went back to the beginning of there business to correct accumulated depreciation and all of the expenses.

Management was very patient and helpful when it came to learning new things. I was entry-level at the time and everyone there was available to help when needed.  

Hardest part of job - After being there a few weeks management and co-workers had taught me everything I needed to know to be successful

Most Enjoyable - Learning to use the differant systems that Hantz Group created internally.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Telling them that I found a new job and I wouldn't be coming back. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The unrealistic expectations around the time your supposed to donate to this company 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Hands down the most toxic work environment I have ever seen. They do this very weird podcast where the literal CEO is like trying to motivate people by talking down to the planners. Very wolf of Wall Street vibe

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
You were expected to get there "early" stay late and donate more unpaid time on the weekend lol my manager honestly was shocked I stopped coming in on the weekends

Great place to learn the ins and outs of every aspect of financial planning, investments, insurance, estate planning, debt strategies, etc. A typical week is 50-55 hours, but hours can be flexible. If you're looking to grow and advance in your career there are plenty of leaders willing to help and ways to move up in the company. The job can be stressful at times, but that comes with the territory of the industry. If you are a motivated, goal oriented person with a genuine interest and passion for Finance, you will thrive. If you're just looking to collect a paycheck, and have no intention of growing, you will burn out quick. 

•	Daily / weekly duties include: accounts receivable, accounts payable, account balancing, client and employee reimbursements, Wire and ACH receivables and payables, credit card billing, company transfers, deposits, cash flow reporting, revenue tracking and reconciliation, journal entries, adjustment journal entries, problem solving and reporting, bank reconciliations

•	Payroll Experience: bi-weekly payroll processing, payroll journal entries, employee deduction reports, payroll balancing, adjustments and refunds
o	ADP
o	Benepay

Everyone who works here is miserable besides the original people who started the business. Once you leave, they will send you a bill for everything including fingerprinting and the books that they force you to read that are marked up from the original price. They will force you to take classes to memorize a questionable speech about how their investments are “guaranteed”. If you make a mistake, the instructor will belittle you in front of your class. The worst part is the compensation. They pay you less than meijer cart pushers.

I worked there for few months. I was told that it is an internship, however, I discover from HR by coincidence that it is an entry level position. Very poor treatment by management and some advisors. 
They overwork employees in this department specifically. I had to work for over 60 hrs per week. You also have to work on Saturdays. If you want to work there expect to have absolutely no life

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