Census Field Officer
Anyone done this?
What is it like?
From reading the description, it seems you would be required to travel to random people's houses on your own, go inside and have a chat about why they haven't provided their information and convince them to do so.
Is that right?
If so that's insane.
Even cheap skate companies who send out door knockers for electricity or charity sales always work in pairs for safety reasons. Might be two people working the same street and still going into houses alone, but at least someone knows exactly where you are and will notice if you're gone too long.
This is totally insane for the government to ask people to put themselves at risk like that.
And yes you could just not apply, but there is an expectation, that if it's a government job there is a certain level of basic safety measures involved - which doesn't seem to be the case.
And I can see especially stay at home mums take this job on, because it's easier to find someone to watch the kid in the evenings and on weekends.
And many would think "the government wouldn't be allowed to advertise these jobs if they weren't safe, right?"
But I don't see how it could possibly be safe for someone to go off on their own and go into some randos house without anyone having their back.
Insane.
How is anyone okay with this? They should have to pay for at least two people to partner up and go together.
You are risking your life for $30/hour - and does that even include travel?
If you think I'm exaggerating the danger of this, then I am glad you've lived such a sheltered life - but I've done similar work before (in a team) and it is dangerous as fuck even when your partner is just across the street and you have a walkie talkie on you.
You come across people on drugs who are pissed off at being disrupted, people who see you as a representative of the government they are pissed off as, or people who just see an opportunity to let off some steam in the privacy of their own home, without having to worry about witnesses.