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4.1
Average Rating
(based on 86 United States Census Bureau Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
4.0
Growth Opportunities
3.4
People You Work With
4.5
Person You Work For
4.4
Rewards You Receive
4.0
Support You Get
4.2
Way You Work
4.3
Work Setting
4.0
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Supervisor

"Very Good Learning Experience"

What do you like about working at United States Census Bureau?

"I like The Amount of Work that they gave in us census"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Make Sure You Listen To Everything, Take Notes, Stay Focus"

What don't you like about working at United States Census Bureau?

"It was not a permanent position which is what I did not like"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The management needs More Communication through each position in the company"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Contractor

What do you like about working at United States Census Bureau?

"Great performance bonuses for hard workers; some nice people; decent conditions"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't appear to be too smart, too motivated, too young"

What don't you like about working at United States Census Bureau?

"Many older, long-term employees desperate to conceal their lack of productivity"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Too many suggestions to list here; hold ees accountable for their performance"

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 2 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
Office Clerk

"The job was incredible and the atmosphere was very relaxed but goal-driven."

What do you like about working at United States Census Bureau?

"Working with the people made it an excellent opportunity for networking."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"To do well on the test and hope that you make it in. It is an excellent opportunity and I would recommend it to anyone seeking employment."

What don't you like about working at United States Census Bureau?

"The limited time it was available to work for them."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"My desires for the management was that they could stay to be managers, but unfortunately they could not due to the employment contracts."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Crew Leader

What do you like about working at United States Census Bureau?

"As a crew leader I was responsible for completing the tasks on time and accurately."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"This is a short term project that cycles every 10 years. The pay is poor and directions change daily. Go with the flow."

What don't you like about working at United States Census Bureau?

"This was a U. S. government job that had no future and the goals changed daily."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Set goals and requirements for the working crews and stay with them through the project."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Enumerator

What do you like about working at United States Census Bureau?

"I loved the variety and the challenge of getting the work done in a small amount of time."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Not really. For the Census the process was are you breathing, can you pass the background check and do you want to. Simple but not simple. It wasn't for everyone."

What don't you like about working at United States Census Bureau?

"The rules would change sometimes on an hourly basis but you had to get used to it."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Make to get re-elected in November 2012. It was a great experience."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
SQA Analyst

"It was nice work environment, supportive, and have oppurtunity to learn"

What do you like about working at United States Census Bureau?

"I like to work in the company where have good Environment, Benefit, Career Groth"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Try to be focused on job responsibility and keep a a can-do attitude"

What don't you like about working at United States Census Bureau?

"I dont like to work in the company where have discrimination"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"please try to Establish the equal opportunity with well balanced benefit"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Recruiter

"This was a temp job for three months"

What do you like about working at United States Census Bureau?

"Meeting different people, sharing about the importance of the census."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Just beware that it is a temp job and that it can end without notice."

What don't you like about working at United States Census Bureau?

"It was a temp position and had no growth opportunity."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Regional Technician

"An amazing growing experience."

What do you like about working at United States Census Bureau?

"I loved how much of a learning and growing experience it was. I know that I was able to learn things there that would take longer to learn somewhere else. I also found it gratifying knowing that I was part of serving my community to make it better."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"I would suggest trying to find out what the culture of the department you're working for is. Every one of them is different."

What don't you like about working at United States Census Bureau?

"I didn't like that the position couldn't have lasted longer because I really enjoyed my work."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would've suggested that management publicize more the online education opportunities that were available to staff but were little known."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
IT Specialist

"Without question one of the best outfits I have ever worked for!!!"

What do you like about working at United States Census Bureau?

"Census Bureau is like no other. Friendly, outgoing, exciting and always something new to work on!!!"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Really listen at the interview as the Census Bureau is a whole other ball game and very under rated. The Census is very complex and need to understand chain of command, and structure when entering into a government role. You almost have to throw out all the rules you know, and start new, but once you are in, you work in the chain and just make it that much stronger."

What don't you like about working at United States Census Bureau?

"Nothing, great place to work. Never a bad time working for the Census Bureau"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management at the Census Bureau always followed through and never had any issues or complaints. Management was understanding and great at what they did!"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Software Engineer

"20 years of software development experience for Census Bureau."

What do you like about working at United States Census Bureau?

"Job Security, plenty of vacation time, window seat, enough of a salary to get by."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Don't work here unless you want to languish and die a slow death."

What don't you like about working at United States Census Bureau?

"No appreciation for innovative ideas or jobs well done. Too noisy."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Please stop promoting idiots to positions they simply can't handle."

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 2 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Enumerator

"I worked for the Census Bureau for 2.5 months. I found the company very willing to work with employees' schedules and very well organized. I hope to encourage others to work for this department during the next large census taking experience."

Person You Work For 2.7 / 5 People You Work With 2.7 / 5 Work Setting 2.7 / 5
Support You Get 2.7 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2.7 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2.7 / 5
Company Culture 2.7 / 5 Way You Work 2.7 / 5
Senior Statistician

"I've been a statistician with the US Census Bureau since 1998 (15 years). It's one of the best employers for statisticians in the world, with very interesting work and great opportunities for public service."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Crew Leader

"This was a great job. My supervisors realized my potential and I moved up quickly during the decennial census."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Application Developer

"Managers micromanage but do not give employees the resources to do their job. Rampant discrimination against older IT employees."

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 1 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 1 / 5
Performance Analyst

"I am working with census bureau as a performance analyzer."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5

United States Census Bureau Reviews FAQs

Is United States Census Bureau a good company to work for?

United States Census Bureau has an overall rating of 4.1 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 86 United States Census Bureau Review Ratings left anonymously by United States Census Bureau employees, which is 5% higher than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 98% of employees would recommend working at United States Census Bureau.

Does United States Census Bureau pay their employees well?

United States Census Bureau employees earn $35,500 annually on average, or $17 per hour, which is 46% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 42 United States Census Bureau employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find United States Census Bureau Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at United States Census Bureau?

98% of employees would recommend working at United States Census Bureau with the overall rating of 4.1 out of 5. Employees also rated United States Census Bureau 4.0 out of 5 for Company Culture, 4.0 for Rewards You Receive, 3.4 for Growth Opportunities and 4.2 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at United States Census Bureau?

According to our data, the highest paying job at United States Census Bureau is a IT Consultant at $181,000 annually. Browse United States Census Bureau Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at United States Census Bureau?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at United States Census Bureau is a Customer Service Specialist at $20,000 annually. Browse United States Census Bureau Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at United States Census Bureau?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at United States Census Bureau to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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