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tldr: nothing (Can confirm, was Census enumerator. You probably will get an in-person attempt from a very-low-paid enumerator, though.)

crooked-v 7y ago
The pay is actually pretty decent, and is cost-of-living adjusted. In Portland where I live, for example, it's $18/hour, which is way better than some temp jobs I've had.
- downerending 7y ago
  Interesting. Back when I did it, it was piecework. Maybe one to three dollars per household, depending on whether it was a short or long form, and whether you managed to get someone to fill it out. That was around minimum wage, though if you hustled (or pencil-whipped things), you could probably make more. Also, I think I heard that these days you have to produce your draft registration number in order to apply, which sucks.
  - crooked-v 7y ago
    > you have to produce your draft registration number in order to apply Not true. What you actually have to do is sign a form declaring that you are or aren't registered with Selective Service, and if not a brief reason why, which is the same information-gathering requirement for most or all federal jobs. You can actually see the full set of paperwork with PDF forms here: https://www.census.gov/about/census-careers/new_emp.html https://www.census.gov/about/census-careers/new_emp.html The main one is the Declaration for Federal Employment, which is the generic form that everybody who ever wants to work for the government in any capacity has to fill out.
    - downerending 7y ago
      Glad to hear it.
- dawnerd 7y ago
  So in theory, I should hold off on answering so someone gets paid to come to my house? Do they have a quota to hit, like if I take my time with them do they get punished?
  - sokoloff 7y ago
    If you believe in the broken window fallacy and have time to kill, yes.
  - jeffdavis 7y ago
    Or maybe they would prefer to spend their time finding people who are actually hard to enunerate, rather than wasting on someone who is just looking to consume their time.
    - dawnerd 7y ago
      I was putting a hypothetical on helping them make more money, you shouldn't take it seriously.
    - imtringued 7y ago
      The idea is to get "contacts" and tell them to be "hard to enumerate" and then collect a paycheck.
  - crooked-v 7y ago
    There's no quota, but enumerator hours-per-week are based on estimates of work and there's no particular effort to claw back unused time if the actual work is done early, so intentional foot-dragging just takes up de facto paid time the enumerator could spend on other things like school or job-hunting.
  - downerending 7y ago
    Just don't set your dog or the cops on them, and they'll be happy enough.

crooked-v 7y ago

The pay is actually pretty decent, and is cost-of-living adjusted. In Portland where I live, for example, it's $18/hour, which is way better than some temp jobs I've had.

downerending 7y ago
Interesting. Back when I did it, it was piecework. Maybe one to three dollars per household, depending on whether it was a short or long form, and whether you managed to get someone to fill it out. That was around minimum wage, though if you hustled (or pencil-whipped things), you could probably make more. Also, I think I heard that these days you have to produce your draft registration number in order to apply, which sucks.
- crooked-v 7y ago
  > you have to produce your draft registration number in order to apply Not true. What you actually have to do is sign a form declaring that you are or aren't registered with Selective Service, and if not a brief reason why, which is the same information-gathering requirement for most or all federal jobs. You can actually see the full set of paperwork with PDF forms here: https://www.census.gov/about/census-careers/new_emp.html https://www.census.gov/about/census-careers/new_emp.html The main one is the Declaration for Federal Employment, which is the generic form that everybody who ever wants to work for the government in any capacity has to fill out.
  - downerending 7y ago
    Glad to hear it.
dawnerd 7y ago
So in theory, I should hold off on answering so someone gets paid to come to my house? Do they have a quota to hit, like if I take my time with them do they get punished?
- sokoloff 7y ago
  If you believe in the broken window fallacy and have time to kill, yes.
- jeffdavis 7y ago
  Or maybe they would prefer to spend their time finding people who are actually hard to enunerate, rather than wasting on someone who is just looking to consume their time.
  - dawnerd 7y ago
    I was putting a hypothetical on helping them make more money, you shouldn't take it seriously.
  - imtringued 7y ago
    The idea is to get "contacts" and tell them to be "hard to enumerate" and then collect a paycheck.
- crooked-v 7y ago
  There's no quota, but enumerator hours-per-week are based on estimates of work and there's no particular effort to claw back unused time if the actual work is done early, so intentional foot-dragging just takes up de facto paid time the enumerator could spend on other things like school or job-hunting.
- downerending 7y ago
  Just don't set your dog or the cops on them, and they'll be happy enough.