u/Schrodingers_Ape

I got hired to be a Canada Census Enumerator, which is a temporary position.

I'm already having issues with the team leader and the job hasn't even started yet.

I live on a semi-remote island, accessible only by ferry. The team leader said he was going to come over and meet the 3 of us hired here on the island to drop off our packages.

He offered 3 times to meet, of which I was only available for 1 of them. I communicated this.

He ignored it and told me to come during one of the other times. I repeated that I wasn't available then because I had a previous commitment, but that I could step away for a couple minutes if he could come to the food bank where I volunteer. I explained that they're drastically understaffed and have had funding cut, and the time he wants to meet is right in the middle of their busy rush. He didn't respond at all.

Today he emailed again to just repeat the time and place he originally proposed. It's literally just down the street, but like I said, it's the middle of the busy rush. It would make zero difference to him to meet us all there, but he's stubbornly ignoring my suggestion.

This doesn't bode well for how things are going to go down as the job progresses. He comes across as a self-entitled crusty old white guy who's prejudiced against women.

(My last name is a typical men's first name, and in the voicemail he left when he first called to offer the position, he called me by my last name and use he/him pronounce. Which is also concerning given that this guy is a team leader for a census and can't even read a document properly to distinguish where the first and last names are? Shouldn't someone in that role have a little more attention to detail?)

I've spoken to previous enumerators where I live who said "never again!"

I did it for the 2006 census in a different city and it wasn't that bad, but now I live in the gulf islands and everything here is a different beast entirely.

Anyone have experience? Are these red flags? Should I run-not-walk?

(Either way, I'll attend the training and make sure to log the legislated minimum hours for meeting him. I'll see how the job goes and I may or may not stick with it, depending on how it is to work with him.)

Already having issues and I haven't even started yet.

The team leader asked to meet and offered 3 times, of which I was only available for 1 of them. I communicated this. He ignored it and told me to come during one of the other times. I repeated that I wasn't available then because I was volunteering, but that I could take a couple minutes if he could come to the food bank where I volunteer. I explained that they're drastically understaffed and have had funding cut, and the time he wants to meet is right in the middle of their busy rush. He didn't respond at all.

Today he emailed again to just repeat the time and place he originally proposed. It's literally just down the street, but like I said, it's the middle of the busy rush. It would make zero difference to him to meet us all there, but he's stubbornly ignoring my suggestion.

This doesn't bode well for how things are going to go down as the job progresses. He comes across as a self-entitled crusty old white guy who doesn't care at all about women. He got my name wrong when he first called me, calling me by my last name (which is a man's name) - which is like... they put this guy in charge of a team of enumerators, but he can't even read his lists properly to know which is the first and last names? Really speaks volumes to his attention to detail.

I've spoken to previous enumerators where I live who said "never again!" I did it for the 2006 census in Winnipeg and it wasn't that bad, but now I live in the gulf islands and everything here is a different beast entirely.

Anyone have experience? Are these red flags? Should I run-not-walk?

In short, my mom's landlord is refusing to provide a door fob for her homecare team to access the building. Is this legal?

Details:

My mom has recently been evaluated to require home medication management. Evenings are the pills she usually misses (10pm, before bed). Her building locks the outer door at 8pm, which makes it so that no one can access the buzzer system.

Home care said that in these situations, they typically get a door fob that they keep in a special lock box that only they and paramedics/firefighters have the key for. My mom asked her landlord for the fob and the landlord refused.

My understanding is that because this is a medical issue and these are licensed medical professionals, this should all fall under the Saskatchewan Human Rights Code regarding the "Duty to Accommodate." Providing a key fob is not an "undue hardship" on the landlord

When the landlord spoke to me about it, she said that "then your mother would have to be responsible for it, and I don't want her to be responsible for it" in a very condescending tone that felt dismissive of my mother's agency.

In short, my mom's property manager is refusing to provide a door fob for her homecare team to access the building. Is this legal?

Details:

My mom has recently been evaluated to require home medication management. Evenings are the pills she usually misses (10pm, before bed). Her building locks the outer door at 8pm, which makes it so that no one can access the buzzer system.

Home care said that in these situations, they typically get a door fob that they keep in a special lock box that only they and paramedics/firefighters have the key for.

My mom asked her landlord for the fob and the landlord refused.

My understanding is that because this is a medical issue and these are licensed medical professionals, this should all fall under the Saskatchewan Human Rights Code regarding the "Duty to Accommodate." Providing a key fob is not an "undue hardship" on the landlord

When the landlord spoke to me about it, she said that "then your mother would have to be responsible for it, and I don't want her to be responsible for it" in a very condescending tone that felt dismissive of my mother's agency.