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
3.0
Feb 8, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Very flexible work time, the ability to work from home,

Cons

The IRS does not train its employees with new technology ( college training, class room training etc), poor management of projects, miss use of employee skills, Poor documentation of positions, lack of training for positions, No money for education thanks to Obama so there is no way for employee to keep educating themselves. The reason I applied for a job with the government, was for education, and a pension. The IRS now has neither.

4.0
Jan 25, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible schedule, decent compensation & fair pay for everyone at the same level, shift differential, overtime for employees who have been through 1+ season, PTO, free employee only parking garage, job security, work independently, cafeteria and snack lounges on campus, free city bus pass (the JO). This is a great position for someone who is in school or needs some extra money but it would be difficult to make a career here.

Cons

Management has no idea what is going on. Anyone who has a genuine interest or intelligent questions about their training/work will be met with non-answers typical to government which is far from motivating. Managers give cookie-cutter, uninformative feedback and don't know answers to seemingly simple problems. Zero advancement opportunity within company - if you want a different job there you have to apply for it with everyone else. Little/no opportunity for work verification or professional references. No raises. Upper management shows poor employee trust and little appreciation. Cafeteria is very expensive.

2.0
Oct 27, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits, pay, facilities, upward mobility if you die to your emotions, become a robot and live with being a doormat

Cons

Management doesn't know how to resolve problems, diffuse stressful situations in an already stressful environment. Management deals very heavy-handedly with subordinates while protecting each other. If they don't like an opinion or the way it's presented, they will go behind your back and put together a case against an employee and spring it on them in a surprise attack whether they're right or wrong. Sometimes they will rescind employee action after employee action, taking many months in the process, until they think they can finally harm the employee. They threaten to harm employees to suppress freedom of speech even if the position of the employee is correct.

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