Great Opportunities. Challenging yet Rewarding Work. - Senior Manager IRS Employee Review

5.0
Mar 2, 2014
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Pros

Great people. Lots of opportunities for someone who wants to work hard and advance. In 30 years, I usually had a different position about every 5 years. This kept the job interesting, challenging, and rewarding. Great for family life. Flexible work scheduled allowed me to be involved with my kids activities like coaching, Boy Scouts, etc. Good benefits. And pay, once you reach journey level, is descent.

Cons

Working for the IRS, you can get blamed for a lot of tax policy, which of course we just enforce the law passed by Congress. And Congress will sometimes play games with pay and benefit issues. A good example was the October 2013 government shutdown.

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5.0
Jun 27, 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
May 26, 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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