Ridiculous promotion application process - Collection IRS Employee Review

3.0
Aug 10, 2023
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Pros

Flexible work schedule, good benefits

Cons

Any kind of promotion or job change requires you apply thru USA jobs - essentially a computer based system that selects qualified candidates based on multiple choice answers. Many applicants who exaggerate their knowledge thru these answers are ‘referred’ for promotion consideration. The IRS has become a very unrewarding place to work - I don’t recommend it. Hard work and knowledge are not valued. They only want to promote people who play the game. IRS is in trouble going forward - everyone who actually knows what they are doing are retiring/leaving - the people left are inexperienced newbies who have been promoted only because they want to be managers. IRS is literally becoming a bunch of inexperienced managers managing nobody.

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5.0
Feb 26, 2026
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Pros

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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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