The real issue is not the time spent at work (be it on site, in the office or travelling) but the money you are paid for that time. European directives for weekly hours are ignored or bent in many professions but the monetary rewards are there, in archaeology they are not. Hence what can only be called exploitation and a cynical manipulation of the desperate desire most archaeologists have to stay or get a foot through the door in a profession that has limited opportunities.
I am now at the point where because I cannot move out of my local area for family reasons I am having to seriously look at other ways of making a living. The debate over travel and working hours becomes peripheral when there are no jobs or job security :face-rain:
( think I might have just made the same points as Bodger 51) Except the one about people kicking the bucket when building ramps. People die every day in a wide variety of professions (hence health and safety) but I am sure there are some out there who would consider killing to become archaeologist}
I am now at the point where because I cannot move out of my local area for family reasons I am having to seriously look at other ways of making a living. The debate over travel and working hours becomes peripheral when there are no jobs or job security :face-rain:
( think I might have just made the same points as Bodger 51) Except the one about people kicking the bucket when building ramps. People die every day in a wide variety of professions (hence health and safety) but I am sure there are some out there who would consider killing to become archaeologist}