A great learning opportunity - Individual Taxpayer Advisory Specialist IRS Employee Review

4.0
30 Aug 2011
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Pros

You will receive a lot of training, you are not expected to work beyond your 40 hours, if you do a good job you will recieve good performance reviews and food feedback from your manager

Cons

Low pay, inability to "step out of the box" because you must stick to the script when dealing with taxpayers and they make sure you do by recording your every word and then basing your performance reviews on this

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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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