IRS reviews

3.3

55% would recommend to a friend

(3,623 total reviews)

34% positive business outlook

IRS has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 3,623 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
5.0
Nov 14, 2010

A great place to work and grow!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

An organization that gives individuals a lot of freedom in how to work your assignments (depending on the nature of your work), do not micromanage, treat people with respect, carry through on most commitments like diversity, training and other organizational objectives. Good work life balance. Professional/ growth is up to you, the organization will support and encourage promising individuals by providing rich opportunities

Cons

You wont get rich working here. You will have a lot of job satisfaction. Some who complain, do so as they expect a lot to be handed to them by their management. As an individual you can make a difference in many instances, not all. Things do move slowly, plenty of admin work that is redundant, some even nonsensical

4.0
Oct 21, 2010
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Pros

Great career advancement, great work-life balance, each case is different. Has a lot of variety in the job at hand, and it is not boring.

Cons

A lot of politics involved in the decision making process. Budget, and everything in between makes it hard to work as efficient as it should.

4.0
Oct 14, 2010
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Pros

The general public believes that all attorneys at the IRS do Tax work, yet there are opportunities for just about every type of government administrative law practice at the IRS Office of Chief Counsel. Unlike most federal agencies who rely upon the Department of Justice tor all their trial work, IRS attorneys actually represent the IRS directly in Bankruptcy court, as Special US Attorneys. Moreover, the General Legal Services Division of IRS handles Ethics, Contracts, Labor Law, Approriations law etc. It was the IRS Office of Chief Counsel that successfully resisted a combined government and industry attempt to force taxpayers to use a cumbersome and expensive Public Key Infrastructure electronic signature for tax returns instead of a consume friendly PIN. Of course, if you do want to do tax work, then the IRS is the place for you since you will get more authority and experience in your first five years than at any private tax practice.

Cons

The IRS is the quintessential bureaucracy so you have to have a high tolerance for silly rules. The worst part of being an IRS employee is the general public's antipathy towards you. Nothing has changed since Biblical times when the tax collector was reviled. IRS employees learn early to tell strangers that they work for Treasury

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