20th March 2009, 10:48 AM
"I also find it slightly ridiculous that you say mortgages are cheaper, yet you must know many archaeologists are not in a position to get a mortgage and even if they were, they would not get one on a temporary/fixed term contract in the current climate. Incidentally six of the nine current job postings are temporary/fixed term."
Noddy, you can get a mortgage on a temporary/fixed term contract, I just got one in december. Rolling contracts, usually annual, are pretty common in industry nowadays, and it doesn't seem to bother the lenders particularly. Admittedly it was a ten month contract, not a two week one.
Although I am tied to the LGA/Unison collective bargaining, I would be willing to have a rise close to inflation, with a commitment to the benchmarking project afterwards, when the economy improves. Otherwise benchmarking aganinst other professions is at risk of being put off indefinately as it is simply not in the interests of the management of archaeological companies.
Noddy, you can get a mortgage on a temporary/fixed term contract, I just got one in december. Rolling contracts, usually annual, are pretty common in industry nowadays, and it doesn't seem to bother the lenders particularly. Admittedly it was a ten month contract, not a two week one.
Although I am tied to the LGA/Unison collective bargaining, I would be willing to have a rise close to inflation, with a commitment to the benchmarking project afterwards, when the economy improves. Otherwise benchmarking aganinst other professions is at risk of being put off indefinately as it is simply not in the interests of the management of archaeological companies.