14th April 2005, 06:56 PM
Sad but true Digger! On a purely career/employment front- Is`nt it about time that someone wrote guidelines on "grades" of archaeologists working as site assistants? Someone on their first day with a glistening wet degree is paid the same as someone with years of experience and a plethora of diverse skills under their belt. I for one am sick of self-indulgent "Institutions" gauging my value when they clearly don`t possess the skills themselves.What is a site assistant? What skills are expected? Are all site assistants seen as simple-minded mud-monkies? How do we place value upon what we do?[?]
p.s-On the "raise the prices"front- we all go self employed and charge what we`re worth based on a graded site assistant scale? They pay us what we`re worth or they can do the job themselves (would be amusing to watch from the trench-edge don`t ya think?[:p]
p.s-On the "raise the prices"front- we all go self employed and charge what we`re worth based on a graded site assistant scale? They pay us what we`re worth or they can do the job themselves (would be amusing to watch from the trench-edge don`t ya think?[:p]