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3.9

71% would recommend to a friend

(3,074 total reviews)

John H. Thompson

62% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

US Census Bureau has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 3,074 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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3.0
Aug 4, 2010
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Pros

The pay was 16.75 per hour in the city of Denver and the freedom to develop your own schedule is a plus. The people hired to oversee the training process were very considerate, well organized, and engaged the field enumerators in many activities for on site preparation. The job is considerably entertaining because of the poeple you meet in training as well as knocking door to door.

Cons

The job is mindless and lacks any incentive. They would not permit you to work overtime thus allowing you to only work the maximum 40 hours per week and they made sure that they provided a lack of material in order to prevent you from even coming close to that hourly threshold. There was never a moment where I didn't feel like a statstic to fabricate unemployment numbers in this recession.

3.0
Aug 3, 2010
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Pros

The United States Census allowed me to work in addition to a full-time job and not for bad pay. I was usually able to accommodate for any time I needed off by working different days.

Cons

The Census "Crew Leader" was not terribly good at directing. After several weeks of quality work and no problems I was told that I needed to start working 20 hours a week in order to keep my job. At that point I was already working overtime for my primary job. I applied for 10 hours a week and had my work schedule included. I wound up making my 20 hours but I was not happy with how the situation was handled. My management figure was incapable of any criticism or even direct questions like- "how do I handle this situation?" were answered with "you should know..." This was my only downside though.

3.0
Jul 26, 2010
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Pros

Easy and fun work, pay is relatively good with milage reimbursement. Flexible hours which can be nice if you have another job.

Cons

bureaucracy, the people in charge hire as many temp employees as possible to get the operation done as quickly as possible, but then there isn't enough work for everyone.

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