Predictions for 2016...

[Dinosaur]

i seem to recall that it was (one of) you who demanded that a degree in archaeology was what entitled you to be an archaeologist. my only requisite is that you study and intend to say something worth the effort

Recent experience suggests that if you say something worth the effort the consultant insists it gets taken out on the grounds that that wasn't what was being paid for, or might disagree with something they have had printed previously !!

[P Prentice]

Recent experience suggests that if you say something worth the effort the consultant insists it gets taken out on the grounds that that wasn't what was being paid for, or might disagree with something they have had printed previously !!

let's rid the world of them - the hour has never been better

[P Prentice]

Whats worth the effort?; a profit which seems to have gone to save the County Mounties pensions here

the biggest profiteers in the last 5 years have all been consultants. naming no names but one in particular has successfully siphoned off enough millions to depress the wages of the entire digging industry

[Dinosaur]

let's rid the world of them - the hour has never been better

No pitch-forks and someone's nicked the latest scythe

- on the up-side, can contribute a very sharp bill-hook and several tarmac-rakes, which have no other obvious archaeological function :face-approve:


Bane of life these days is 'consultants' who either haven't done their job (more than one instance of them not noticing scheduled monuments!) or who actively try to deny the presence of, and then try to obstruct the investigation of, archaeology on behalf of their clients !

[monty]

I quit a PO job recently as I was being paid 20750 pa for a load of stress managed by charlatans .....

[Marc Berger]

And hopefully monty you had a bigger and better proposition lined up?

[BAJR]

the biggest profiteers in the last 5 years have all been consultants. naming no names but one in particular has successfully siphoned off enough millions to depress the wages of the entire digging industry

I don't suppose you have any evidence to back up that statement... in private I would be willing to look at what you have.

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I do however believe it is far easier to look for someone else to blame than to look at ourselves. One of the big things I have managed recently is to look at me first... to look at my actions.... my responsibilities and to challange myself first. Yes indeed I can challenge others... but first... I ask myself the question... and what is my responsibility in this?

[Sith]

I'd be interested to know more too. Unless it's me in which case keep schtum.

But seriously, I must be doing something wrong because I've never found an opportunity to 'syphon off' funds intended for the actual archaeology of any project I've worked on.

[P Prentice]

And hopefully monty you had a bigger and better proposition lined up?

nah - now working as a brain surgeon

[P Prentice]

I don't suppose you have any evidence to back up that statement... in private I would be willing to look at what you have.

i'm willing to bet that any straw poll on facebook would throw up the same four initials