Good Job- Bad Leaders - First Line Manager IRS Employee Review

2.0
Jun 13, 2010
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Pros

A reliable career once you are selected as perm. Good benefits as far as leave and retirement. If you are a good, hard-working employee you also receive a performance award based on your annual performance rating.

Cons

Position selections are more often based on the ability to write a narrative or who you know than actual hard work. Senior Management makes decisions that adversely affect employees and front line managers are the ones that have to relay the information. Hiring sufficient employees to complete the required workload is impossible due to budget constraints and HQ decisions.

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5.0
Feb 26, 2026
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Pros

Very good team environment to work.

Cons

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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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