IRS reviews

-Inefficient processes -Need to document everything with paperwork -A manager can make or break a position because they are the ones who need to approve a lot of your choices and actions -Not as lucrative as a Big Four, but I don't see this as a con because I'd rather have a better work-life balance working on behalf of the U.S. government than working my butt off to make someone else rich - I always thought that an 8-hour shift was supposed to include an hour break for lunch, but somehow this doesn't apply to government jobs. So if you want to take a 30-minute break for lunch, you'd have a work day of 8.5 hours. If you take an hour lunch, then you'd have a work day of 9 hours. This model needs to change because the 40-hour workweek is arbitrary, since it stems from the Industrial Revolution, and is obsolete, but that's another topic.

Working here is a bureaucratic nightmare. You spend 70% of the day doing needless admin work and the rest doing actual work. While coworkers are supportive, managers generally are not. Management and senior revenue agents are surprisingly unprofessional and rude. If you’re a young professional, do not make my mistake and come here. You’re better off in Public Accounting or Industry. This position is a dead end and heaps no exit opportunities.