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The United States Census Bureau - Anonymous employee US Census Bureau Employee Review

3.0
Jul 21, 2012
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good pay, flexible hours, you ae out and about for the majority of your work day going to various homes to conduct interviews, so you get some one on one customer service-ish experience too.

Cons

Its a seasonal job, that hires once every ten years, so if you're looking for a long term, steady job/career, this won't be the job for you... And you get zero benefits. They also tell you that you can not work over 25 hours a week (to prevent overpaying you). I don't know about the other years, but it seemed like during the 2010 census in my area, they were itching to fire you. Once girl in my training class got fired because she asked a question about the job that apparently our supervisor did not like, another guy got fired because he was "too quiet" during the training class, and another woman got fired simply because she annoyed our supervisor. They even purposely trained us to do things one way, then a week into being out in the field, our supervisor tells us that what she taught us was wrong, and that we would be tested by our supervisor on the field to see if we conduct our interviews properly, using the new methods they told us to use.

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Able to set your own hours as long as you're productive

Cons

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Pros

Worthwhile work to benefit the city you are working in. Most everyone I worked with was pretty nice and willing to lend a hand if needed. But I feel like I saw the other side of how upper management treats people they don't like as much and i saw aspects that weren't as good through upper managements treatment of others.

Cons

Constantly changing directives from upper management. And they don't have your back when you get questioned why you followed the most recent order from your boss. Inconsistent pay scales by position. Pay varies by location. But they don't adjust it upward. If you hire on in a city that pays less, you don't get a bump if you stay with the company and work in a new city that pays better in your next assignment. Meaning new hires with no experience can easily make more than you because they started in the city that pays more. One of my best employees was paid the least. I felt bad and tried to get their rate adjusted with no luck. It very much has the vibe of they are figuring out things as they go, The department is grossly understaffed. Technology is lacking creating inefficiencies.

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