Posted on 06/01/2010 4:00:22 AM PDT by Scanian
A guy I'll call Mike has worked for Census 2010 several times in California over the past two years. The last time, he was trained at a facility that was an hour's drive from his home. He was paid for his commuting time at $17 an hour -- which is what he also got while working and training.
Mike says that he, like everyone else, was also given 50 cents a mile for gasoline.
The last time Mike worked for Census, the job lasted two weeks. He and the rest of his class had been promised eight weeks.
Mike says that after each stint with Census he, like everyone else, was given an official "termination" notice. And every time he was rehired Mike had to fill out a new employment application (more paperwork to be processed by paid workers).
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First question what stops a Census worker from going to a park and crack open a can of beer and fill out all the forms cash in go home happy.
why are they filling out the forms in PENCIL?
Because they are scantron. This is why we fill them out in block capital letters, computer recognition. Same reason you filled out your SAT in number 2 pencil.
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