14th June 2007, 02:39 PM
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Originally posted by Sith
The only problem with this is that I've yet to meet an archaeologist who thinks of their former employer(s) as anything other than a bunch of cowboys
I can happily say that my former employer was great. Small unit with experienced staff who really worked as a team from field staff to company director. The boss listened and recognised he had an intelligent and enthusiastic workforce. He asked our opinion and was prepared to hold clients at bay rather than produce a half-baked report with inaccuracies and we were all expected to take and receive criticism as a matter of course. Everything worked both ways and even senior members of staff pitched in to bind reports if necessary without 'so this is what I'm doing with my PhD' being muttered.
Pay was on the low side, sick pay was statutory and pension was but a dream. Nevertheless I really didn't mind because it was corporate archaeology as it's meant to be.
So why, I hear you all cry is it a former employer? Because with their help I'm now freelance, still doing work for them but really was nurtured and encouraged and pushed onwards and upwards. No lip service there just WYSIWYG.
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Originally posted by Sith
The only problem with this is that I've yet to meet an archaeologist who thinks of their former employer(s) as anything other than a bunch of cowboys
I can happily say that my former employer was great. Small unit with experienced staff who really worked as a team from field staff to company director. The boss listened and recognised he had an intelligent and enthusiastic workforce. He asked our opinion and was prepared to hold clients at bay rather than produce a half-baked report with inaccuracies and we were all expected to take and receive criticism as a matter of course. Everything worked both ways and even senior members of staff pitched in to bind reports if necessary without 'so this is what I'm doing with my PhD' being muttered.
Pay was on the low side, sick pay was statutory and pension was but a dream. Nevertheless I really didn't mind because it was corporate archaeology as it's meant to be.
So why, I hear you all cry is it a former employer? Because with their help I'm now freelance, still doing work for them but really was nurtured and encouraged and pushed onwards and upwards. No lip service there just WYSIWYG.