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    By: mojo the helpr monke This person is cool! x Show Full Post
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    Job rant:

    In mid July I had an interview for an IRS Special Agent student coop position. When I graduate from college, if I had completed 640 hours of work for the IRS, I convert to a special agent, and start making good money.

    Well, it's now November and I still haven't started. I had to get audited, complete a background check, and have a physical done. Physical had some abnormalities, some of you may remember that I thought I might have been dying because I had a bunch of abnormal EKG's. Well, I had an echo done, it was normal, sent that in and figured that was the last of the medical. That was like a one month delay because of the appointments and stuff. It was a fucking nightmare getting a referral to a cardiologist and having an echo done within a month, but that's another story.

    Well like 3 weeks later I got a letter saying I wasn't medically qualified because I didn't have perfect corrected vision. Apparently my near vision tested at like 35/25 and it had a limit of 30/25, and they decided not to mention this when I was taking care of the other shit. I had to get a paper from an optometrist saying with correction, I'd have 30/25. I did that and faxed it in THE SAME DAY and that was 3 FUCKING WEEKS AGO! Some asshole just has my paperwork sitting on his desk. All they have to do is look at the simple form from my optometrist, mark me as being cool in their system, and I can start this fucking gig. But everyone I call just passes the buck, and no one know's who to contact.

    Problem at this point is that exponential growth is starting to set in. Pay periods are biweekly, and I can only start at the beginning of a pay period. So each time I miss a pay period, it's another 2 week delay which means I have to work exponentially more hours per week in order to meet the 640 requirement before graduation. Monday is the beginning of the next pay period which was when I thought I'd be starting.

    I don't have anyone to call and bug, hours required per week are growing exponentially and I'm fucking broke because these clowns are sitting around with my paperwork delaying my start date.

    RAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGEEEEEEEE
    Nov 24, 2008 12:37am PST
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      This is part of the test. How you handle paperwork and bureaucracy is a big part of a job working at the ... : GonzoThis person is cool!
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        Honestly, this is a valid point; if you can't stand the bureaucracy in the hiring process, you're probabl... : ConanThis person is cool!
        • Everyone I've talked to has said that the people the IRS contracts their medical to and the HR for the IR... : mojo the helpr monkeThis person is cool!
      • I've honestly been thinking this is a part of the preemployment test. Showing how I handle stress or some... : mojo the helpr monkeThis person is cool!
    • Now you know how we feel you bad bad tax man. : historyinthemaking
    • Welcome to working for the government, sometimes it makes me so.... angry. : angrytaxmanThis person is cool!
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      Is it possible to fax the form in again, find out who is at the desk that physically receives the fax, fi... : nurglichThis person is cool!
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        well I had to send the fax to Virginia (to the people the IRS outsource their medical stuff to), they had... : mojo the helpr monkeThis person is cool!
        • Ugh, that's terrible. Bureaucracy in action! There's got to be some way to follow the trail though, if ... : nurglichThis person is cool!
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      it all makes sense now lol http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16655518 : mega manThis person is cool!
      • hahaha, guess I really am fit for the job. I should have told that story in my interview : mojo the helpr monkeThis person is cool!
    • as a Fed trying to hire people (but not in HR), I can tell you HR is fucked at EVERY gov agency. So you'... : AisfortomAto
    • Passed eye test. Check. Not ranting about us on the internet. Fail. : dfz0r
    • What does an IRS Special Agent do that requires eagle vision? Will your reading glasses fall off while yo... : tashtego
    • For someone wanting to work at the IRS you shouldn't be surprised at all. : Mad Brahmin DiseaseThis person is cool!
    • You forgot to fax it in with the appropriate coversheet. They don't do anything in a timely fashion unle... : RomSteady
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      what's an IRS "special agent" do? : xxiv
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        They take your money. : Colleton
        • kick down your door and empty your piggy bank? : xxiv