26th May 2006, 06:46 PM
There is, and has been for some time. But look at this gem of a quote from a newspaper article about a certain pipeline job that has very much been a popular topic on BAJR.
My feeling is that wages won't go up much until the supply of archs from other countries exhausted (a group which I am a part of and would never have a problem with), but more importantly when archs realize that overtime is not an adequate substitute for a living wage. I know people on this job that wouldn't have touched it with a barge pole if not for the overtime.
IMO,the fact that they are desperate for people anyway is because they don't pay enough and possibly that their rep is not that great.
Quote:quote:He said: "There are around 50 archaeologists working now â they have bought them in from all over Europe.
"We have got Polish site supervisors, Irish excavators â you name it. They have been bringing them in from wherever because they are that desperate for people.
"There's a national shortage of trained diggers. Most of the contractors are struggling to find enough diggers â they are working 69-hour weeks to try and keep up with pipeline construction," he added.
My feeling is that wages won't go up much until the supply of archs from other countries exhausted (a group which I am a part of and would never have a problem with), but more importantly when archs realize that overtime is not an adequate substitute for a living wage. I know people on this job that wouldn't have touched it with a barge pole if not for the overtime.
IMO,the fact that they are desperate for people anyway is because they don't pay enough and possibly that their rep is not that great.