Indie_mom73

Indie_mom73

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13 years ago @ Big Government - Undercover Census Frau... · 0 replies · +1 points

Yes it would be, but I'll never tell. LOLSent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

13 years ago @ Big Government - Undercover Census Frau... · 0 replies · +2 points

<DIV>I have been taking notes and keeping records. Although I would want to remain anonymous, I may just do that. I most certainly would not want to be harrassed for bringing anything negative to light.
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13 years ago @ Big Government - Undercover Census Frau... · 0 replies · +3 points

<DIV>I'm sure it is widespread across the country.Crew leaders arenotgiven access into the operations area of the local census office, and Ican only speak of what I have experienced.
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13 years ago @ Big Government - Undercover Census Frau... · 0 replies · +3 points

<DIV>I feel like prosecuting them would solve nothing and cost the taxpayers more money. The highly-paid people at the census bureau who make all of these crazy rules and demands should be forced to walk a mile in an enumerator's shoes & have to do real work. I have a feeling that would change their ways way more than a slap on the wrist from a judge and/or paying a fine.
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13 years ago @ Big Government - Undercover Census Frau... · 0 replies · +3 points

<DIV>It sure is, d_scott. Guess what. When I met with my supervisor today, an email came through authorizing overtime in order to complete this operation faster. My crew will continue working the way they have been. I have trimmed the fat until I only have a few very good enumerators working for me who produce very well. George Stephanopoulos' hack-job interview with O'Keefe this morning may have opened some eyes at regional offices.
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13 years ago @ Big Government - Undercover Census Frau... · 4 replies · +5 points

Part 4: This is a total waste of taxpayer dollars in my opinion. I have worked very hard, and the extra income has helped my family. However, I cannot wait until this operation is complete. I will not sign up to be considered for future operations. I know the census needs more honest, caring people like my supervisors and me working for them, but the stress and aggrivation is not worth the money. I believe that people with no conscious or pride in doing things properly can handle this job. My eyes have been opened by my experiences with the census bureau.

13 years ago @ Big Government - Undercover Census Frau... · 0 replies · +6 points

Part 3: With all of that being said, I know my attitude and actions are not the norm. We receive extreme pressure to produce from people who are sitting in offices and who have probably never experienced real life census field work. It is very apparent they have know clue what is really going on or the dangers enumerators face by knocking on strangers' doors. Training materials state that no more than three personal visits to housing units may be made to obtain an interview, yet regional census office employees require us to keep sending enumerators out many more times before they will accept a questionaire that is of an obviously vacant housing unit. They even require that three visits to be made before an enumerator can speak with a proxy to verify that a housing unit is either not present or non-residential and should be deleted from future maps.

13 years ago @ Big Government - Undercover Census Frau... · 5 replies · +5 points

Part 2: My supervisor and I are very diligent in our efforts to make sure all hours and mileage reported are correct and not excessive. I even question enumerators when their hours or mileage seem excessive for the area they are working and number of completed cases they are turning in. More often than not, I am required to work more hours than I am allowed to report. When my surpervisor requested permission for more overtime for the crew leaders, the local office said absolutely not. We work very hard to make sure each questionaire is completed accurately and honestly. On my crew, if there were to be any suspicion of an enumerator falsifying information, I would investigate and take necessary steps to correct the issue before it was turned in to my supervisor. This would include immediate termination of the enumerator, and it helps keep costs down by preventing re-enumeration of all that enumerator's cases. So far, this has not been necessary.

13 years ago @ Big Government - Undercover Census Frau... · 2 replies · +7 points

Part 1: I am currently a crew leader for the census bureau. I can only speak of my own personal expleriences, so here goes nothing. I have worked for two different 2010 census operations under two different supervisors. I make less than any of the hourly wages that I have seen reported in the media. I have never been instructed to turn in more hours or mileage than I actually worked or drove. I never instruct my enumerators to do that either.