A literal nightmare - Secretary IRS Employee Review

2.0
10 Jan 2022
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Pros

It's fairly routine work? If I could find anything positive about my time there it was that I was able to create myself a weekly schedule and typically stick to it.

Cons

It's probably the only job at the IRS that doesn't have a clear description of duties and expectations. Went through 3 managers in less than a year being there, each had a different idea of what my job should be. When I entered the job, the team was receiving write ups left and right for doing things wrong before I got there.... That had reduced pretty much to zero after I took over all of those duties.... Upon announcing I was leaving the last manager wanted me to train 10+ year veteran employees who were tasked with training me when I started... They then tried to give me a failing appraisal (likely just because I found a new position) after all of my outstanding midpoint reviews. Had to go through the union just to get a fair appraisal

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Cons

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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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