Strong Training Ground for Contracting Professionals - Contract Specialist IRS Employee Review

3.0
7 Jul 2025
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Pros

Great place to gain valuable experience in federal contracting. There’s plenty of opportunity to learn and grow your knowledge of the FAR and the full contract lifecycle. The student loan repayment program was a major benefit—they offered up to $10,000 per year in exchange for a three-year service commitment. There’s also a good amount of flexibility in how you manage your workload, as long as you're in compliance with FAR requirements.

Cons

Following a change in administration, telework opportunities were scaled back, and management implemented closer oversight of day-to-day tasks.

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5.0
27 Jun 2026
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Pros

-Excellent training -Hybrid work flexibility -Great Benefits (Student loan credits)

Cons

-Keeping your job dependent on current administration -Constant IT/onboarding issues -Quality of life largely dependent on manager

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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