I'm very content here, but it's definitely not for everybody! - Customer Contact Representative IRS Employee Review

4.0
May 1, 2024
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Pros

The job has many positive aspects including working from home 4 days a week, benefits, lots of time off, and a solid work/life balance with a constant M-F 9-5 schedule, I also was fortunate to be grouped with a super supportive team.

Cons

Like I mentioned, this job is definitely not for everybody. You will be yelled at, cussed at, and even threatened by taxpayers. You're constantly taking call after call with barely any time to breath between and it is stressful and mentally exhausting. Many things are out of your control and you spend a lot of your time advising taxpayers to wait an additional 30 days or 60 days then getting yelled at. The job is very research oriented, but you get so many of the same calls day after day that you start to just know where to go and what to reference. You also need to be the person who's always on time/early or you will have to become that for this job. They track you down to the second. You get 15 minutes for a break. Not 15 minutes and 1 second. They review 4 calls a month and will ding you for the smallest things like not thanking taxpayers for holding every time you come back. You will inevitably get dings for errors in the beginning, but that's part of the learning process and you will improve fast as you take 20-30 calls a day. The number one thing I can stress if you get into this job is to make sure you follow disclosure procedures and properly verify every taxpayer before providing account information. Getting disclosure errors is a one-way ticket to quickly getting canned.

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5.0
Jan 13, 2026
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Pros

This review is based on my experience prior to the reduction in force. This place was a great place to work. There were a lot of new employees, training was good, and supervisors were understanding. However, a lot of things change due to the reduction in workforce starting to take place.

Cons

The enjoy of the job as heavyly depending on the supervior you are assigned to, but most of the superviosr at this office were good.

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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