10th December 2009, 09:38 PM
Having been away from the forum since its revamp I have to say how depresing it is to come back and read this thread. None of the issues, attitudes or solutions seem to have changed in the seven years i've been using BAJR.
The question of pay levels has been rattling on way before the recesion and it is as simple now as its ever been - if you do not value yourself and your skills then why would anyone else?
I for one am never prepared to work below BAJR guidelines and would not take a pay cut. If I am paid less then I will undertake a lower level of responcability and stick to my guns on this.
Taking lower wages is not a viable solution in the long term - and talking of the inevitabe progression of an archaeological career being to leave the proffession is unhelpful. If a defeatist stance is taken as the default then how is anything ever going to change.
Rather than seeing each other as competition - which is essentially what everyone who uses the lines "theres always someone else to take my job, or theres more labour than jobs" is doing we need to work together.
The question of pay levels has been rattling on way before the recesion and it is as simple now as its ever been - if you do not value yourself and your skills then why would anyone else?
I for one am never prepared to work below BAJR guidelines and would not take a pay cut. If I am paid less then I will undertake a lower level of responcability and stick to my guns on this.
Taking lower wages is not a viable solution in the long term - and talking of the inevitabe progression of an archaeological career being to leave the proffession is unhelpful. If a defeatist stance is taken as the default then how is anything ever going to change.
Rather than seeing each other as competition - which is essentially what everyone who uses the lines "theres always someone else to take my job, or theres more labour than jobs" is doing we need to work together.