You'll accept a job offer from this company and set a start date wide-eyed and innocent. You will start your first day and soon come to release you were lured into what YOU wanted to do, only to have them do what THEY want you to do. You will raise this concern to management who will then shrug their shoulders and tell you this is what the job is; do it or quit. You decide to stay and give it your best shot; who knows, maybe you'll like it. You start to learn the lay of the land, and how the office dynamics work. You discover that almost everyone at the executive level is related (different last names). This then becomes more apparent, as they are biased and favor one another, they take ludicrous amounts of PTO together, and do little to no work (one of them even has a side business they give more attention to than their actual job here). You notice how they scold anyone working underneath them should they not live up to their wildest expectations (remember, this isn't even the job you signed up for anymore). You will be criticized for your work performance, and always told to "do more". You will be expected to work late hours and on the weekends, but not to be compensated for this. You will be terrified to take sick time off at the fear of being reprimanded my management. You will get little guidance or support from management, regards of how much you plead. Any and all of your accomplishments will be overshadowed by the failures you make, as they will fall in the spotlight instead. Maybe you can escape and try to work elsewhere, maybe a coffee shop or a plaza? No. Management is strict on working solely from your home office (the COO is quoted as saying "... that is exactly what WFH means, to work from home, not from anywhere else..."). Your mental health will deteriorate, your physical health is neglected, and you will struggle to leave these work issues at work, as they affect your personal life. You will continue to give it your all, right up until leadership decides to terminate you for not achieving those wild expectations they set on you. You'll pack up your things, ship them back, and reflect on whether or not that experience was real or a fever dream. At least in dreams you have some kind of control, but not at IMRI.
I urge any and all individuals, agencies, contractors, W2/1099s, etc. to avoid this company at all costs. They are a leech to the federal government and their employees, and you will gain nothing of value from them.