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US Census Bureau reviews

3.9

75% would recommend to a friend

(3,072 total reviews)

John H. Thompson

68% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

US Census Bureau has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 3,072 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The US Census Bureau employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Government & Public Administration industry (3.6 stars).

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3K reviews
2.0
Aug 23, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Meeting a wide variety of people in different walks of life while performing an important function in service of the nation.

Cons

Absorbing a lot of hatred directed at you every day and being held to unreasonable performance metrics and accountability standards for the same pay as a high school kid working at a fast food joint.

2.0
Jun 6, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Ok pay. Gs pay scale

Cons

Terrible management. It's all about numbers with these folks. Management puts blame on pressure on those in lower positions than them. Lots of favoritism

3.0
Dec 3, 2023

Chaotic

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Relatively high pay - when you’re working. You can learn a lot about Census operations in a short time period. Fun to be in the field and work with people. Interesting tools. Some of the long-time Census Bureau employees were very knowledgeable. And most people we worked with were very nice.

Cons

Chaotic and wasteful deployment strategies - senior management demanded that we onboard tons of field workers but didn't have work ready for them. Then they decided to repeat the process. This caused a lot of frustration on the front lines, and it probably had a very negative effect on the quality of data being generated.

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