Pros
there are no pros to working here
Cons
This place is the pits. Every review about this place is accurate. With many federal jobs, the job is what you make. The IRS is the type of agency where an employee can keep their nose clean, head down, perform AND still be subject to ridicule, abuse, harassment, disrespect and even termination. I worked for another agency before this one and there was rampant politics, power tripping managers, favoritism and nepotism, but the IRS' culture took the cake. It is the worst agency to work for. You will hear stories about the VA, SSA, DHS agencies, but they are nothing like this place. If offered a position here: RUN!!!! It pretends to be something that it is not: it is unprofessional, a hostile work environment, there is extreme favoritism, nepotism (many of my co-workers were married to other ROs or personnel in other departments), coercive, abusive, stressful, inflexible, and filled with idiots in management. During orientation for instance, a peer of mine received brownie points with management for asking stupid questions that were self-explanatory and clear because we had STEP by STEP instructions in our training manuals and web courses. Because management liked him, we kept being coerced into asking questions when none us had any. He would undermine others, over talk others and try to make you look stupid. The manager and OJI permitted this type of behavior. I considered quitting at least 50 times within the first week of being with the IRS. The behavior I witnessed was totally unacceptable. This is worst than the 2-3 months hazing that you receive in other federal agencies. Everyday I had a headache and cried because I had to return to this horrible agency. The job is not even that hard! It is the people. With all federal agencies where the positions begin at a 7/9, there will be a learning curve for most employees. You are either going to have use the law, agency policies and procedures to screen, develop, research, process, code, and develop cases and with effective management and training you will be successful at doing so. This place is not like that.
