Inspector General’s Memo: Census Says It Hired More Workers Than It Needed

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/67156 ^

[potlatch]

Hi nit. I had just posted on another thread about this too.

Temporary census jobs accounted for 411,000 of the May increase in payrolls. Think about when they get layed off and start collecting unemployment......!!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2527771/posts?page=37#37

[spokeshave]

Think about when they get layed off and start collecting unemployment......!!

When they hired the first big batch of temporary workers to go around the country with GPS devices and log the GPS coordinates of every front door....they were hired as TEMPORARY workers ...and without the right to sign on for unemployment benefits...

is this the same for the current temp workers....? ....anyone know..?

thanks in advance.

[potlatch]

[without the right to sign on for unemployment benefits]

I did wonder about that - after I had commented. I don’t know the rules on unemployment. Thanks for the info.

[spokeshave]

...it depends on the state....I read somewhere that California EDD bends over backwards and more to get people signed up.

I had a friend that was on "permanent " unemployment.

He worked a few weeks at Christmass/new year sales at macys or similar big box store....then signed up for unemployment benes...which was always approved...since he was "laid off for lack of work."

the kicker was that he always ticked the box "do you want to take educational classes"...

so he goes to some class and gets unemployment paid AND EXTENDED and all the fees paid.

he has all sorts of certificates...software, data base, accounting, truck driving..etc...

I lost track of him a year ago so I dont know the current situation.

[Cicero]

there turned out to be one Census enumerator for every seven homeless people counted

Government efficiency.

[AFPhys]

LOL... that must really bugger them when they run across someone like me. I sent my form in late in April, about when I was expecting a visit. Sent it on Tuesday... On Friday eve the worker showed up at my door...!

I honestly said “I just sent it earlier this week” and closed the door.

Sounds like a lot of people had the same like - but in my case it was an honest one.

[potlatch]

I'm in Texas. I have read that those who draw unemployment HAVE to keep searching for work and notify the unemployment bureau.

But they can't make you take a lower paying job!

Sad about the slackers who continually find ways to feed off the government. They should be ecstatic with a President who encourages it now!

[Cincinna]

They are being paid $27.50/hour gross. Net is around $20/hr.

What is wrong with this picture?

[bamabound]

I ran this headline past my 15 year old and she didn't hesitate a bit when she said “That's stupid!”

[ElectionInspector]

start collecting unemployment......!!

.... ahhhhhh, relax... no Census enumerators, or crew leaders are hired full time. All are temp and get zip in bennies or even promises. It takes an act of God to be allowed to work 40 hours and if you have to go over you have to agree to straight time, or you have to go home and start again the next day. Same as last year... unless you get an LCO slot, nowhere near 40 hours, more like 20-25 and that’s stretching it... and yes, while wrapping up one assignment in the Census office one could overhear the recruiter offering NEW off the street testors new spots, while we ran out of work and were still in limbo for 5 weeks before getting reassigned, if at all. FUBAR
and a pretty big waste of taxpayer money...so what else is new???

ymmv

[A.A. Cunningham]

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[Eroteme]

The little old lady that came to my house(after I’d sent the form in on time), said she had lots of people in her area that say they mailed them. She just said “the Post Office musta lost ‘em”

Same script at my house. Funny how the census can volunteer that as excuse on a mass scale when no other federal agency will accept it from an individual citizen.

[upchuck]

Hey, don’t blame the Census Bureau (which is under the direction of the White House, remember?). They’re just doing whatever they can to give -17nobama some good employment numbers.