27th March 2008, 10:01 AM
I previously posted this on another thread, but it seems more appropriate to re-post it here. I realise that this is a bit of a trite statement, but surely everyone is in some sense a pension grabber, in that we all pay NI contributions in the expectation of receiving a pension at the end of it. Also, I fail to understand why someone paying in to an occupational pension should be vilified for having decent working conditions. Surely archaeology should aspire towards making this situation the norm rather than the exception? Why should archaeology as a profession seek to drive pay and conditions down to the lowest common level, rather than strive towards standards that are the norm in most other professions?