24th February 2010, 06:50 PM
Grindlecat said "accomadation isnt a 'perk'...its a necessity and normal practise in other construction/engineering work. Companies skimp on this, provide in adaquate, and in some cases, actually unsafe accomadation. i have proof of this, but without naming a particular unit, i cant put it here."
I feel i can mention this one, since it was on national tv - though to be fair, the company did not actually provide the accomadtion - they provided nothing, but did 'recomended' a place where new staff were staying......
Anybody remember the Time Team Big Dig c.2001 in "Durovernum Cantiacorum" - Tony and his crew were in our 'accomadation' and used it as an example of how poorly paid and unglamourous real life for most commercial archaeologists actually was. The 'hotel' had been essentially unused since sometime in the late 80's (judging from sell by dates in the freezers and abondoned administrative documents). Please note this was not provided by the unit, but sugestsed by them to be affordable for new staff.....
Anyway, it made good telly for tony (and good on 'im)
I feel i can mention this one, since it was on national tv - though to be fair, the company did not actually provide the accomadtion - they provided nothing, but did 'recomended' a place where new staff were staying......
Anybody remember the Time Team Big Dig c.2001 in "Durovernum Cantiacorum" - Tony and his crew were in our 'accomadation' and used it as an example of how poorly paid and unglamourous real life for most commercial archaeologists actually was. The 'hotel' had been essentially unused since sometime in the late 80's (judging from sell by dates in the freezers and abondoned administrative documents). Please note this was not provided by the unit, but sugestsed by them to be affordable for new staff.....
Anyway, it made good telly for tony (and good on 'im)