# I got hired by the Census! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 22, 2020, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hired-by-the-census/912093 "2020-06-22T22:22:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hired-by-the-census/912093/141 "2020-09-11T16:41:18Z")
Air quality here in Portland is at hazardous levels-We have been told to stay in. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hired-by-the-census/912093/142 "2020-09-11T21:19:58Z")
You never know what people, or their family members or housemates, might throw away. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hired-by-the-census/912093/143 "2020-09-29T08:54:23Z")
The Secretary of Commerce has announced that the census counting will end on October 5. But apparently the court hearing with Judge Koh is still proceeding. She ruled that the count couldn’t end on Sept 30, and could continue till Oct 31, but a tweet, posted on the Census website set a new deadline. The [following excerpts](https://www.gettysburgtimes.com/news/national/article_28c9a413-2caf-580c-b8ca-1f55fe6e4519.html) are from an AP story. ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross says the 2020 census will end Oct. 5, despite a federal judge’s ruling last week allowing the head count of every U.S. resident to continue through the end of October, according to a tweet posted by the Census Bureau on Monday(…) The new Oct. 5 deadline doesn’t necessarily violate the judge’s order because the injunction just suspended the Sept. 30 deadline for field operations, as well as a Dec. 31 deadline the Census Bureau has for turning in figures (…) Koh asked federal government attorneys during Monday’s hearing to provide documents on how the new decision to end the head count on Oct. 5 was made. When a federal government lawyer suggested that the decision-making was a moving target without any records, the judge asked, “A one sentence tweet? Are you saying that is enough reason to establish decision-making? A one sentence tweet?" ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hired-by-the-census/912093/144 "2020-09-29T12:25:51Z")
My favorite part of enumerating has been getting an interview when the chances seemed dismal. At the end of a shift and feeling burnt I tried to find one last easy, or exciting, case to finish my day. And there it was — the case notes said it “feels dangerous”, that the enumerator was “really uncomfortable”, and that it should probably be listed as a hazardous site. WheN I drove ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hired-by-the-census/912093/145 "2020-09-29T12:36:46Z")
My favorite part of enumerating has been getting an interview when the chances seemed dismal. (continued from previous post… I hit the button accidentally, and could get the edits done in time) I drove by, and it was on a busy street in an old but okay neighborhood. And there were a man and a woman out front, completely happy to talk to me. The house had been vacant for three years, the former occupant was the guy’s deceased father, who was a hoarder. They got a big kick when I told them about the case notes. The guy went inside and propped a Chuckie doll in the front window. He said that had been in place last week. He said sometimes they played weird music to deter vandals. We talked for 10 minutes and had a fine time. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hired-by-the-census/912093/146 "2020-09-29T12:57:52Z")
More on the court order. > **[Census Bureau says operations will conclude by October 5 | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/28/politics/2020-census-operations/index.html)** > > Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced Monday evening that he intends to conclude the 2020 census on October 5, more than three weeks earlier than expected after a federal judge reinstated the October 31 end date. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hired-by-the-census/912093/147 "2020-10-02T15:41:20Z")
And just today: > **[Judge orders 2020 census to continue through October | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/02/politics/2020-census-timeline/index.html)** > > A federal judge directed the Trump administration to not end 2020 census counting on Monday, and ordered it to continue until October 31. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hired-by-the-census/912093/148 "2020-10-14T01:55:28Z")
And that’s all she wrote… er, counted. > **[Supreme Court Allows Trump Administration To End Census Counting On Oct. 15](https://www.npr.org/2020/10/13/921428056/supreme-court-allows-trump-administration-to-end-census-early)** > > The Trump administration asked, and the Supreme Court allowed, for a suspension to a lower court order that extends the census schedule. The move sharpens the threat of an incomplete count. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hired-by-the-census/912093/149 "2020-10-14T05:38:44Z")
I just wish they’d make up their %^&\* minds. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hired-by-the-census/912093/150 "2020-10-15T04:30:15Z")
In the meantime, over the past week or so, I got several phone calls from the state office reminding me that I needed to turn in my iPhone (which I did shortly after I resigned) and today, I got a package from FedEx informing me that if I don’t do that, I’ll be billed $1,500 (for an iPhone 4!) and/or charged with theft of government property. I had my supervisor’s number, and called him and he said that the central office has had a lot of mixups regarding this. I mentioned it on the Facebook page, and several people asked me why I didn’t get a receipt for all the things I turned in. It never occurred to me that I needed to have one, and it’s possible, with the way things were going, that he may not have known this himself. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hired-by-the-census/912093/151 "2020-10-15T04:42:03Z")
They made me sign when I got the equipment, and in return they signed when I gave it back to them. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hired-by-the-census/912093/152 "2020-10-15T04:43:04Z")
I do remember signing forms when I received it, along with a lot of other paperwork that day. I’m sure I signed something when I turned it in, besides the time sheet I had to fill out (long story about that). ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hired-by-the-census/912093/153 "2020-10-15T04:44:57Z")
When I turned in my equipment there was an official check-off list of all the equipment, that both sides signed, and I was given a copy. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hired-by-the-census/912093/154 "2020-12-16T06:54:48Z")
My local area is hiring again, for a different project. I sent for an application packet, which I would need because they aren’t doing online applications this time. We’ll see what happens this time. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hired-by-the-census/912093/155 "2020-12-16T15:47:39Z")
Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hired-by-the-census/912093/156 "2020-12-18T20:32:56Z")
Supreme Court throws out challenge to Trump Census plan to exclude undocumented immigrants: [Supreme Court throws out challenge to Trump census plan to exclude undocumented immigrants](https://www.aol.com/news/win-trump-supreme-court-throws-154606021.html) I love this from Justice Breyer’s dissent: "Where, as here, the government acknowledges that it is working to achieve an allegedly illegal goal, this court should not decline to resolve the case simply because the government speculates that it might not fully succeed.” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hired-by-the-census/912093/157 "2021-01-21T20:32:08Z")
Time, transparency needed as Biden inherits frazzled Census: [Time, transparency needed as Biden inherits frazzled census](https://www.aol.com/news/time-transparency-needed-biden-inherits-162029901-164748478.html) ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hired-by-the-census/912093/158 "2021-01-21T23:11:18Z")
Has anyone gotten their tax forms yet? ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hired-by-the-census/912093/159 "2021-01-22T02:28:45Z")
I haven’t, but it isn’t the end of January yet. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2021, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hired-by-the-census/912093/160 "2021-02-07T04:17:31Z")
> **[Fight to vote: Biden moves to fix US census less than 24 hours after taking...](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/21/fight-to-vote-newsletter-joe-biden-inauguration)** > > President signs executive order blocking Census Bureau from excluding undocumented immigrants from data – here’s what else is worth watching [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hired-by-the-census/912093.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-hired-by-the-census/912093.md?page=9)