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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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      4K reviews
      3.0
      Apr 28, 2014

      One of the best bad jobs there is.

      Revenue officer
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      Pros

      Ability to work from home. Tons of opportunity for advancement. The job is not boring. You will learn a lot about different people and different jobs. Each day will be something different. The benefits such as vacation time, sick leave and holidays are pretty good. Retirement is better than social security alone.

      Cons

      Your ability to do your job is based upon the whims of management. Everybody hates you. The pay is not good unless you are willing and able to keep promoting to higher level jobs.

      4.0
      Aug 1, 2010

      Very Nice Career Path

      Supervisory internal revenue agent
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Overall, the IRS is a very good place to work. I did a lot of forensic accounting/litigation support before going into management. The field experience and training is very good. Great work/life balance. With so many specialties, you can always finds an interesting position to apply for if you get bored.

      Cons

      You're not going to get rich. Experienced agent's, front line managers make b/w 100 and 130. Senior mgt a little more. Senior managers are usually the agents who were poor auditors and/or could not handle the field, so dealing with them on technical issues becomes very frustrating.

      4.0
      Aug 21, 2008

      Great work/life balance, but you make your own assessment with the other intangibles

      Internal revenue agent
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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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