4th August 2011, 12:28 PM
Vulpes - i'm not disagreeing with the fact that people should be paid more, but within the current pay scales of archaeology thats just where that level of responsibility sits, unless you work for a consultancy where you may get paid more for that role. Writing DBAs is IMHO the office level of being a site assistant, and I mean no level of disrespect to the work they do but having done it myself its not that taxing. If you pay more for that level of responsibility then anybody else in a post-excavation/office position will have to be raised too, which is a great idea, but reality would drive more units to the wall.
I think if you want to facilitate higher salaries, you have to look beyond what the units pay, as to how much the clients/developers pay to the units and the whole competitive tendering process (I hear an echo of so many previous threads). And before you say people shoud tender higher - those would bu the units that have gone bust or lost jobs, not the ones that are recruiting.
And for the record, I do aspire to earn much more, but I am realistic
I think if you want to facilitate higher salaries, you have to look beyond what the units pay, as to how much the clients/developers pay to the units and the whole competitive tendering process (I hear an echo of so many previous threads). And before you say people shoud tender higher - those would bu the units that have gone bust or lost jobs, not the ones that are recruiting.
And for the record, I do aspire to earn much more, but I am realistic