IRS reviews

3.3

54% would recommend to a friend

(3,632 total reviews)

33% positive business outlook

IRS has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 3,632 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The IRS employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Government & Public Administration industry (3.6 stars).

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4K reviews
1.0
Jul 20, 2015

bureaucracy

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

not going out of business

Cons

bureaucracy and word-smithing and nit-picking

5.0
Jul 19, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I worked for the Oklahoma Tax Commission and mastered the business aspects of using the pay plan and tax liens as a way of collecting taxes.

Cons

I have always wanted to work for the IRS but due to the fact that I am a convicted felon {DUI} I did not believe I had a chance for employment. Politics especially when you hear the word reorganisation you better run for cover.

1.0
Jul 16, 2015

Dead End Job

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible Schedule. Some of the people are nice.

Cons

I thought completing my BA would afford me opportunities for advancement but I was dead wrong. It's an extension of high school- only with embittered adults who go out of their way to hold certain people back. Incompetent and prejudiced management prefer scapegoating to being responsible for themselves or their decisions. The physical environment smells of mold and urine- probably a result of the leaky old building built atop a military dump and the rodent problem. There's absolutely no opportunity for advancement of you are educated, a person of color, or professional. The only way to advance is to become a domineering but sycophantic manipulator or be related to the right person. It's one the the most miserable places I have ever worked and people openly resent you if you are "different" or just happy. So they make every effort to sabotage you behind your back. If you attempt to report abuse or bullying they retaliate with reckless abandon. It's a different world- like a waking nightmare.

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