Great work/life balance, but you make your own assessment with the other intangibles - Internal Revenue Agent IRS Employee Review

4.0
Aug 21, 2008
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Pros

Amazing work/life balance. You can work 4 10-hour days per week and get a 3-day weekend every week! You can take vacation pretty much anytime you want to as long as you have the amount of time accumulated. Very flexible work schedule, as you make your own appointments and only have to go in to the office once or twice a week once you get a year of experience. Work is varied and you are rarely questioned by management about the decisions you make in regards to your audits as long as your decisions are well documented.

Cons

Salaried compensation is somewhat below the average for other comparably skilled jobs. Very rigid workpaper processes. Sometimes there is pressure to close audits faster than you deem reasonable. Lack of communication from one department to another. Huge bureaucracy. Rigid promotion process.

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5.0
Feb 26, 2026
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Pros

Very good team environment to work.

Cons

None as good to work

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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