Overall, working for the IRS has been a positive experience - Contact Representative IRS Employee Review

4.0
15 Oct 2013
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Pros

Opportunities to move up, diverse workforce, great benefits, great place to work to start a second career, no age discrimination

Cons

can be hard to get the vacation dates you want, unless permanent employee may only work for 6 months a year, a lot of positions within the IRS have hourly production and quality standards which must to be met in order to get satisfactory ratings in order to get grade increases -- it can be difficult to achieve quantity over quality especially at first.

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5.0
27 Jun 2026
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Pros

-Excellent training -Hybrid work flexibility -Great Benefits (Student loan credits)

Cons

-Keeping your job dependent on current administration -Constant IT/onboarding issues -Quality of life largely dependent on manager

3.0
26 May 2026
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Pros

-Got me started in my career as an auditor -thorough tax law training -many senior auditors helping you learn the profession

Cons

-communication from management is not always transparent -when you are at the bottom of the ladder, you get verbal abuse from not only POA and taxpayers (understandable, given this is the IRS), but also management/OJI's. They want to look good to their bosses and will throw you under the bus if they have to in order to save themselves. Even if they gave you instructions that got you in trouble. They SHOULD be supporting you in your function as an auditor, but they'll do whatever is easiest for themselves ultimately. -on job training can be disorganized -bureaucratic culture -like many other companies, a lot of things you're expected to learn by yourself. Such as how to avoid POA delays.

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