field interviewer

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Field Interviewer job is similiar to door to door sales. It’s a national health survey that you go to selected addresses which now are almost every other house in some areas. People get a lead letter advising them about the selected addresses which now but most throw away think scam or don’t understand. You have to approach doors knock introduce yourself read a script ask demographic info and if they haven’t told you to leave yet, try to get a selected respondent to spend an hour doing a computer survey where you just sit and wait and give them $30. You have to read scripts verbatim everything is protocol procedure. It’s lonely totally unrewarding, rote hustle over and over. The pay is decent for but only if you get to travel some to your assigned area for the quarter bc of mileage pay. There is no team, no coworkers, semiannual zoom training calls and a phone call biweekly with a supervisor. So if you don’t mind that fact that in todays world people don’t want you on their doorstep,  are not interested in helping, you have to be very persuasive all the time but not really involved in the project other than reading scripts and grunt work…well maybe you’ll like it. There’s little appreciation no real sense of accomplishment and absolutely no growth. You can’t transfer to another state and they won’t provide a reference for your next job, policy. The training is very long and painstaking. I don’t recommend this job. RTI could have other projects that you get more involved but if it’s NSDUH don’t do it. The god thing is you can mostly make it own schedule as long as you work 20 hours between 3-8pm. Okay job and pays well if you are a student and have some other meaningful purpose in life you’re working toward at the same time. 

I work on a project that micro manages.  They prefer quantity over quality and are non profit so not much motivation. There are unrealistic goals that management fully knows about and agrees they are unrealistic however you can still get written up if the goal not met even if all of it is out of your control.  They put fear of God into you about security and how if you do this or that it's prison time or heavy fines yet they allow only certain individuals who managers hang out with and like on personal levels work from home where there is no security of Personal Identifiable Information.  If your passionate about what your doing someone is there always sucking that life right out of you with some policy that makes no sense and is borderline legally questionable.  If your goals are not met weekly your name is not displayed for hundreds to see on a glory whiteboard singling you out like the plague. Management is always threatening.  Supervisors unknowledgeable once they get to that level and unwilling to help much.  Team leads are slaves to the Supervisors and get no recognition and most are unhelpful because they are overworked underpaid and just stepping stones. The social clicks are unbearable at times.  God help you if you have a different opinion on something.  There isn't much professionalism and a lot of favoritism. Sadly the work itself is interesting and challenging however everyone is in there for just the paycheck of a job nothing more and it demotivates anyone in there wanting to enjoy their job.

It's government wastage filtered through corporate bureaucracy. This company has so many problems, all stemming from management, same as everywhere else. For many different reasons; laziness, side-hustling, incompetency, complacency, half the people don't do their job and the other half have to take up the slack. This and the horrible time accounting for every second of your day keeps everyone in a silo and stressed/protective of their projects. It is a complacency factory. The only people who end up staying are long-hauler pension seekers. No one else wants to truly be there. You know its a bad workplace when everyone is counting down the days until Friday. Disheartening mix of permanent residents, newbies, people eternally looking for an exit plan and a few believers. Everyday is an unnecessary new challenge exasperated by the monolithic approach to fixing problems (no one wants to make a decision just endless reports.) A lot of pushing work down the line, giving it to someone else. You won't be above mindless busywork.  IT is shockingly bad and the bane of everyone's existence. The security and tech protocols are a joke that interfere with your work constantly. They care nothing about productivity but endlessly harp on it. They force you develop skill goals and don't really care if you have time or not. They say it doesn't effect raises and it might not (there are a lot of opaque things here) but who knows. 
The good things are a very flexible work schedule, no screaming bosses, good pay and good benefits and that's why it's hard to leave, but I really should.


Working at RTI , aside from being my first job out of school, was a terrific opportunity for me to learn solid trades. The company paid for training, and encouraged growth from within .Was a stable environment, with co-workers that remained with the company for many years.  The first twenty years the department was like a family, with all the original employees, and management. Your work orders were given, a timely manner in which to conclude them, and the reward was a job well done, with the acknowledgement of your supervisor, verbally or sometimes a lunch in honor of your teams work ethics. In the later years, the company expanded and with that came new management, and outside contracting, which was the demise of our department.
Before new management, the company worked hard at taking care of it's employees, by offering great health benefits, along with holidays, and vacation, and creating a safe and positive environment. Staff had most meals together, where you could just enjoy the company or discuss the days work, but staying in contact  like this added to my enjoyment of a work day.
 I considered RTI to be a terrific company, and was proud to be an employee for the many years I was there.

This is a great job if you value being able to work by yourself, make daily work decisions on your own, enjoy travel and meeting new people all the time. It does require a person to be both self motivated as well as able to motivate others in working with you to accomplish the research necessary. Not for the shy or lazy or whiny or without tenacity or those easily discouraged. The pay is above average, with good travel reimbursement policies. It is officially part time-but if you excell in accomplishing the goals of the project in an expedient manner, you will have all the work you want. I have been with RTI for over 12 years-stayed for a reason!  Many days I think "they are PAYING me to do this ?WOW :) " The downside is needing to work many (not all) weekends and evenings as needed. If you are too timid to drive in unknown locations during various weather conditions, don't apply. If you can't make friends with strangers-don't apply. The good that we accomplish with this job is satisfying to my need to do good for our communities and its people. The opportunity to become a Supervisor is very real, if that is important in the consideration, but you lose the flexibility and other percs of being a Field Interviewer.

I am started working from 2000 years ago today in the area of procurement and supply chain management. 
Procurement field as a challenging area I learn a lot to mention few I learn how to prepare budget, how to overcome local and international procurement challenges, how to build relation between organization and vendors, how to negotiate, how to design specifications in collaborate with users team, how to attend emergency procurement
procurement management is the aspect of cross cutting due to involvement of different teams from specs design to deliverable. Procurement Management involve train policies and procedures to all parts who need procurement services and monitors implementation. It is real hard work but I appreciate how my co-workers accept and implement procurement activities. 
The hardest part of my job is during solicit vendors especial for services procurement. It is difficult to get right vendor by just read proposal.
The most enjoyable part on my job is the time after deliverable as per our expectation

A typical day as a Field Researcher was getting paperwork ready, making sure all of the materials I needed were ready and in good condition. Making phone calls, interviewing in the field, talking to the community liaison and supervisor. 
Also sending reports daily via computer. 
They supply the laptop and all of the materials needed. Clients are sometimes difficult as you are in their home for at least 3 hours and there are small children involved. Definitely be positive and have a smile. 
Be sure to print out maps as sometimes you may be driving in very rural areas.
You also may be visiting people in less safe areas so use common sense and do go after dark to certain places. This job is flexible but their will be evening and weekend hours as expected when interviewing families on their schedule. Be sure to be very knowledgeable and passionate about the study you are involved in. 
Be sure to be very organized or the paperwork can be catch up to you. This is a position for those that are self-reliant, reliable, organized and love to meet new people. The study is done verbatim in the family's homes and they do have scripts to follow and very thorough training. They do a background check. 
Sadly, I had to quit due to not taking the COVID19 vaccination.

My days varied depending upon the location I was scheduled to work. If I were scheduled in the office I generally would perform data entry and review of information gathered from the TASC offices. Other times I would have to write summaries and critiques of various journalling sessions. If I were scheduled to work at the TASC offices I usually would preform various semi-structured interviews, review and complete monthly follow up forms, as well as help prepare clients' bed packages.

There were four full-time employees, excluding our supervisor, who worked on multiple grants and would assign our daily duties. While I was with RTI, Intl. there were between two and four other interns who would also perform similar duties to myself.

The hardest part of this job was not to be discouraged when performing data entry- at times this could be very boring and monotonous but an essential part of their grant work. The parts I did like the most were being able to conduct the interviews and to go through client data when I would have to piece together their recent history.

RTI at the core stands for amazing things and there's a multitude of extremely smart, highly educated employees and contractors working at the institute. However, there is almost no work-life balance, you are expected to be a workaholic, to work weekend's and nights and take some time off, which never balances out the overtime you worked. There are managers that have nothing to do with management, they lack people skills, they lack leadership, they were just lucky to be at the right place and time. If you don't have inside connections, it's extremely difficult to get a job, and if you are called in for an interview, it is going to take months and months until you get the job, if you do. 
The institute has been going through numerous reorganizations and will probably continue to do that. The overall environment is toxic, a lot of miserable people and a lot of arrogant people, all the way from the top to the bottom. There's a crass lack of transparency and should you seek career advancement, this place is not for you. Run as fast as you can, before you even consider applying for a job there.

The mission of the company is to improve the human condition by turning knowledge into practice.  They use science-based solutions to address critical problems.  And this is a company that follows its mission in its projects and contracts and the way it runs the business.  There is a real attempt at transparency for an institute this large, and a very strong commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging that encompasses trainings and classes, employee resource groups, individual development goals and their approach to their work.  I am surrounded by very intelligent, creative, thoughtful and committed coworkers who add value to every day.  I feel so lucky and proud to work here.

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