Good work & life balance - great for family with young kids - Revenue Officer IRS Employee Review

4.0
17 Oct 2025
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Pros

Get to hear and learn from taxpayers from a wide variety of industry in the local area. Learned about legal procedures more than accounting, such as appeals process and different options for tax resolution. After 3 years, eligible for enrolled agent license without education requirement. Working environment was collegial. Can take health insurance with you after retirement.

Cons

Workload management is extreme important because the cases kept coming and never ending. Pay was decent but no private sector benefits such as stock purchasing plans. The pension was great but it required employee contribution and cut into take home pay. Medical insurance offered great coverage but not free, and cut into already not high wage.

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5.0
23 June 2026
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Pros

-variety in industries worked, -Great work to life balance

Cons

-Administration can change entire job structure overnight.

3.0
26 May 2026
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Pros

-Got me started in my career as an auditor -thorough tax law training -many senior auditors helping you learn the profession

Cons

-communication from management is not always transparent -when you are at the bottom of the ladder, you get verbal abuse from not only POA and taxpayers (understandable, given this is the IRS), but also management/OJI's. They want to look good to their bosses and will throw you under the bus if they have to in order to save themselves. Even if they gave you instructions that got you in trouble. They SHOULD be supporting you in your function as an auditor, but they'll do whatever is easiest for themselves ultimately. -on job training can be disorganized -bureaucratic culture -like many other companies, a lot of things you're expected to learn by yourself. Such as how to avoid POA delays.

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