24th February 2010, 03:18 PM
The question is:' Did pay really improve much during the 'happy times' of the great building bubble?'
Well, I've been working for that whole time, albeit at a rather small unit, and I eventually got paid a bit more because of a promotion. However, all of the people on my old grade have been stuck for years at the top of their pay scales and are unlikely to ever get a lot more. As for the occasional temporary staff, they always ended up with IFA minimum for whatever short contract they had. I feel like pay has largely stood still for most of my carreer whilst anyone doing curatorial work has seen theirs rise (even though it is still pathetic compared to the real world).
If pay improved with the speed of a rampaging glacier during the supposed good times, will it get better now we are well into the great economic meltdown? Sadly not a chance.
Well, I've been working for that whole time, albeit at a rather small unit, and I eventually got paid a bit more because of a promotion. However, all of the people on my old grade have been stuck for years at the top of their pay scales and are unlikely to ever get a lot more. As for the occasional temporary staff, they always ended up with IFA minimum for whatever short contract they had. I feel like pay has largely stood still for most of my carreer whilst anyone doing curatorial work has seen theirs rise (even though it is still pathetic compared to the real world).
If pay improved with the speed of a rampaging glacier during the supposed good times, will it get better now we are well into the great economic meltdown? Sadly not a chance.