US Census Bureau reviews

I started this job out of highschool because I didnt know what I wanted to do with my life, so a job w/ the federal government seemed like a good idea at the time. I came in as a lowly GS-2 and worked my arse off to make it a career. 10 years later, I am only a GS-5. My superiors have flat-out admitted I deserve to be paid more. Well, Census is not "fair" when it comes to grades below GS-7. If you dont have a degree, do not expect to work your way up, even if you are do work of a much higher grade. It is almost impossible to break out of the administrative grade 4-5-6 curse. Work hard, but dont expect to be paid accordingly, expect your new duties to be written into your GS-5 performance plan. The work is meticulous and detail-oriented. The chain of command moves slowly and many operations are held up because of this.

Management is awful. They seem to have no idea what's going on and are constantly changing rules. 40 hours is not enough time to do everything we are supposed to do and overtime is not allowed. Excessive paperwork.