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Senior employees asked to do entry-level tasks

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is suffering the aftereffect of seeing approximately 24 percent of its workforce cut last year, which equates to more than 20,000 employees, according to a recent article in “Government Executive.” (govexec.com.)According to the story, the IRS is asking seasoned staff to perform entry- level tasks, as mundane as answering the phones, and/or processing tax returns.The two main IRS departments impacted by the job terminations include HR and IT.With regard to the IT cuts, thankfully, hacks on government websites, the worry that private taxpayer information may be stolen, isn’t a worry.Following the change in administrations last ...

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