# Ever work for the US Census? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 1, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-work-for-the-us-census/475252 "2008-12-01T21:56:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-work-for-the-us-census/475252/21 "2008-12-10T01:29:55Z")
Thanks, I’ll give it a shot. But not with the CCW. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-work-for-the-us-census/475252/22 "2008-12-10T14:49:33Z")
I’m considering applying for a census job, but I’m a retired Federal employee and I want to check out how it would affect my pension first. (I seem to remember that being “rehired” for a Federal job has some effect on a Federal pension, but I’m not sure exactly what it is.) ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-work-for-the-us-census/475252/23 "2008-12-10T15:09:12Z")
I did it in 1990, and was a good job. I lived in a town where I could go most places by bicycle, so I just biked around and interviewed people. I also had interviews in other towns that I had to drive to. It was really interesting to meet such a wide variety of people. I met people I would never have known about otherwise. And the pay was good and the hours were totally flexible. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-work-for-the-us-census/475252.md?page=1)