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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWe share a campus with the IRS. Just found out the IRS is suffering from a huge rat infestation
IRS allows Chamblee employees to work from home after weeks of rat infestation
A former worker sent us photos and video of dead rats, droppings, and staffers sitting on their desks to keep off the floor.
ATLANTA Workers at the Chamblee IRS office can now work from home after spending weeks dealing with a rat and cockroach infestation.
The IRS confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that they have implemented a telework policy for employees who work at the Chamblee office as they are actively addressing the pest issues.
Channel 2 Action News first told you about the infestation nearly two weeks ago when a former worker sent us photos and video of dead rats, droppings, and staffers sitting on their desks to keep off the floor.
Theyre just out and terrorizing everybody, running over peoples feet, falling out of ceilings, former IRS employee Sydney Monger told Channel 2s Tyisha Fernandes.
Monger worked out of the office for the last eight months. She said she initially only saw one rat a week earlier, then things got out of hand.
After Memorial Day, they just came out the woodworks. They were just everywhere. Its hot, it stank, theyre pooping everywhere. Its nasty, Monger said.
The news of the infestation even caught the attention of several Georgia lawmakers, who sent letters to the heads of the IRS and the Department of the Treasury, demanding that they let the workers work from home until the infestation was taken care of.
On Thursday, former workers protested outside the building. Current workers said management threatened everyones jobs when they found out about the protest.
One little boy held up a sign for his parent, saying, My mom works in an unsafe IRS building.
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/dekalb-county/irs-allows-chamblee-employees-work-home-after-weeks-rat-infestation/YQJLEA3WDNF3VI5QL7X34L5RAI/
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We share a campus with the IRS. Just found out the IRS is suffering from a huge rat infestation (Original Post)
CatWoman
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(2,345 posts)1. You mean Elon?
Faux pas
(16,577 posts)2. I smell a rat 🐀
Things always turn to crap when the hump is in charge. I wouldn't be surprised if the pests were brought in on purpose. But hey, that's just MHO.
MerryBlooms
(12,508 posts)3. Is this a metaphor for trump's infection of IRS, or, actual rats? Because, we're better off with actual rats.
pat_k
(14,323 posts)4. I bet the GSA funds for infrastructure modernization in Biden's Inflation Reduction Act were illegally impounded...
...or corruptly redirected.
I don't think I even need to research this one to be 99% sure it is true.