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Solid gig, but with a perfect storm of troubles in 2020 - IT Clerk US Census Bureau Employee Review

3.0
26 June 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Opportunities to problem-solve and troubleshoot hardware and software issues. Straightforward training, practical instructions and knowledge base articles provided for help with troubleshooting, comfortable indoor environment (for office workers, not the enumerators), decent pay. Got to travel to other locations sometimes to help train new enumerators.

Cons

Lots of staff turnover and burnout. Often very little direction or comprehension from offsite upper management. Even before COVID-19 hit, a co-worker who had worked for the Census in 4 previous decades said that this was by far the least organized and most chaotically implemented Census she had ever worked.

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Pros

Pay and benefits were fair enough

Cons

Large workload with diminishing resources year over year

3.0
27 May 2026
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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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