IRS Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"My position was very unique and interesting. Some much to lrearn."

"A large bureaucracy which can stifle your ability to get your job done."

"The San Francisco office is a terrible office to work for, full of racist white managers and unethical leaders that discriminate against minorities. Unethical and by far the worst organization to work for in the SF area."

"What do you expect? It's the federal government. Pluses: It's pretty stable, you probably won't get laid off, and you have to screw up pretty badly to get fired. They don't seem to expect much actual work, and rightly so. The dress code is pretty casual; I wear jeans, sneakers, T shirts, and have an earring and visible tattoos, and nobody's said anything. Minuses: Almost everything is proprietary, so even if you have years of experience, you will have to be trained, probably by someone who can't really be bothered. The many bureaucratic regulations and procedures and so on will often make it nearly impossible to get anything done, hence all the downtime. This may not be the case if you're a permanent employee, but contractors don't get those choice government benefits, nor get paid all that well."

"Not the best career for someone young."

"Great family environment, however there are not a lot of "in house" promotions. It is often that a person is hired from the outside before a person from the inside is promoted."

"Excellent place to work. Great learning experience."

"I worked for the IRS from August 2004 to September 2013. The management was quite dysfunctional, but the commute was excellent."

"I started with the I.R.S. in 2009 hoping to move up and get longer seasonal work each year. The seasons actually are getting smaller due to E-filing. It is basically a do your job and go home thing, mass production of 1040s."

"The environment was open spaced, loud, everyone passed germs, and we weren't treated fairly, unless the Union Stewards stepped in."

What do you like about working at IRS?

"I enjoyed working for a company that allows me to gain work experince."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"none at all.All the irs did was had people take test for the job as mail clerk."

What don't you like about working at IRS?

"There was nothing wrong with the company to me. I was there on time without any problems."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None at all. I was in no way disrespected, nor were the other employees."

"I enjoyed the benefits and some of the people."

What do you like about working at IRS?

"I liked the benefits at this company."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Overall a good company to work for."

What don't you like about working at IRS?

"The IRS are too strict."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Just relax."

"I enjoyed my job."

What do you like about working at IRS?

"I liked what I did for the tax payers of the United States."

What don't you like about working at IRS?

"I didn't like how hard it is to move up in the company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I believe that the IRS should provide management classes for their managers."

What do you like about working at IRS?

"Meeting different people is the best part of the job"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Seniority based system mean time in service is considered more valuable than education, knowledge, skills or talent."

What don't you like about working at IRS?

"Manager is a control freak and micro-manager. Not enough opportunity to make independent decisions."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"More innovation and performance based rewards, less seniority rights. This is a low performance, low reward environment."

"The most demeaning environment and counterculture I've seen to date."

What do you like about working at IRS?

"Once inside, I disliked it. The level of authority, the culture and leadership do not want or desire creative thinking or even asking questions, which they don't have time for."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Talk with other employees, soon to be colleagues and be aware of the hands-on managers there."

What don't you like about working at IRS?

"See above. How 2 government organizations can be so different, is beyond me (IRS and USAF). My team's morale was the lowest I've ever seen when I arrived and while I tried to change it, my mgr discouraged it, criticized it and demeaned them to the point they were all trying to jump ship 'when I arrived.'"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Leadership begins at the top and the counterculture there, exhibited by mgmt needs to be eliminated, I would start with culture climate assessments, then surveys of employees, without retribution. Then, make the hard decisions to remove leaders that focus only on self..."