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      3.3

      55% would recommend to a friend

      (3,622 total reviews)

      34% positive business outlook

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      3.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.8

      Work/Life balance

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.5

      Career opportunities

      3.1

      Culture & values

      2.9

      Senior management

      IRS has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 3,622 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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      3.0
      Aug 14, 2011

      Slow to change, good work life balance

      Operations research analyst
      Recommend
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      Pros

      You will rarely feel pressured to work long hours, and the managers are supportive of employees. While you may start at a low salary, it increases regularly and substantially depending on the position.

      Cons

      Slow to change, and not a great deal of room to advance to a leadership position.

      3.0
      Aug 11, 2011

      A good place to work if you want work-life balance

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Collaborative decision making, extremely broad range of issues to research and gain expertise on (you won't get assigned to working foreign tax credit issues for a year, like happens at Big 4), fairly flat work organization. I disagree with many other posters that pay raises are based on seniority alone - I have had several merit increases and get other bonuses in years when I am prevented from receiving a merit (permanent) salary increase.

      Cons

      Aging workforce and management. Incredibly techno-phobic workplace. The IRS solution to Information Tech is to block it, prevent it, ignore it, all while saying they need to do this to maintain taxpayer confidence. This issue comes up regularly at mtgs with taxpayers, who shake their head in amazement at how backward the IRS systems are.

      4.0
      Jul 24, 2011

      Challenging

      Internal revenue agent
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Work/life balance is the best you can get (but see the flip-side to this coin below). Job security is the best you can get.. The training is good (big $ spent on that) and if you apply yourself you can quickly become an expert in both tax and audit. Interesting work (if you pick a good city, you will get to work with a variety of different industries).

      Cons

      It's a 40-hour/week job. Period. And you will get paid the same as everyone else at your grade, regardless of individual accomplishment. No opportunity to earn more and promotion within the grade/step system is based on seniority. Performance is graded by ability to follow the IRM, not by results ($), which is frustrating for those who are results-oriented, but admittedly, I can't think of a better alternative. Requires a high-tolerance for mindless paperwork, most of it merely for evaluative purposes (e.g., check sheets to "prove" to the case reviewers that you followed the required steps in the audit).

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