The Internal Revenue Service is reaching out to its former employees, extending a plea for them to return to service. This initiative marks a stark reversal of previous staffing trends, which saw a significant exodus of experienced personnel through offers of deferred resignation and early retirement.
The agency, now facing the serious repercussions of these departures, has recognized that it has critical vacancies that threaten its ability to function effectively. The decision to actively recruit individuals who had already left shows how bad an idea this already was. Unfortunately, rehiring isn’t as easy as it sounds, and that may mean trouble in the next tax season.
