US Census Bureau reviews

Regional management unhelpful, blame you for their errors. Directions change at a moment's notice, rendering weeks of preparation irrelevant. Unusually harsh disciplinary procedures: if you make an error in calculation on your timesheet, you are terminated immediately and are never allowed to work in any government position for the rest of your life. I had to terminate one of my best employees for this reason--she'd made an addition error that showed her working 15 minutes extra one week, and she was terminated by the following Monday.

There was a crabs in a barrel type mentality that was so unnecessary. Upper management had a hurry up and wait mentality that required lower level staff to repeat work and correct mistakes. People were laid-off at the drop of a dime. Yes, we signed paperwork that stated that we could be laid off at any time. But sometimes, managers had information about layoffs and refused to give employees a heads up. Some employees at the Regional census center were very rude. Excuse me, most of you are temporary also.