18th June 2004, 12:08 PM
This same debate seems to be spread over at least two threads!
I can't really see voluntary pay scales working in the real world, unless by chance they are round about the "natural" level that employers will pay anyway which makes them a bit pontless (and as a bit of a pinko it grieves me to say this!)
If and when there are more vacancies than potential employees, the employers will (reluctantly) have to offer more to get the staff, and they will ignore the pay scales.
When there are more staff after jobs than there are jobs to go around, the employers will pay the minimum possible, and again ignore the pay scales if they can. After all, they do have to compete to win the work in the first place.
It's the way of the world I'm afraid. Maybe the better question would be, is commercial archaeology an appropriate, or the best, way to perform archaeology in the first place?
I can't really see voluntary pay scales working in the real world, unless by chance they are round about the "natural" level that employers will pay anyway which makes them a bit pontless (and as a bit of a pinko it grieves me to say this!)
If and when there are more vacancies than potential employees, the employers will (reluctantly) have to offer more to get the staff, and they will ignore the pay scales.
When there are more staff after jobs than there are jobs to go around, the employers will pay the minimum possible, and again ignore the pay scales if they can. After all, they do have to compete to win the work in the first place.
It's the way of the world I'm afraid. Maybe the better question would be, is commercial archaeology an appropriate, or the best, way to perform archaeology in the first place?