Life after RIF - Tax Examiner IRS Employee Review

2.0
18 Sept 2025
Recommend
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Pros

If you are able to get in and survive the constant threat of a RIF (firing) many people have made this a life long career. Supposedly there were opportunities for growth and advancement, however now with the indefinite hiring freeze, kind of stuck where you are until something changes.

Cons

Can not move up, they are only hiring for temporary appointments at the base GS -5 level. We are only getting a 1% raise this year. Morale is low, but who can blame the employees when many were let go, forced into retirement and the ones who are left are feeling low with the threatening emails and uncertainty.

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5.0
23 Jun 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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