29th August 2012, 09:28 AM
monty Wrote:The only way we will get decent pay is when units stop pocketing at least three times the day rate they pay to fieldworkers................................
This kind of comment shows how little some people understand about how projects are costed. The day rate will include a lot more than just your salary! Try thinking as part of a larger group (or team as it's sometimes known) and you might understand. Do you think that when a solicitor charges ?100 per hour they are actually taking that home with them? No, it will also be covering elements of other salaries, overheads, expenses and so on. Presumably you consider everyone else (admin staff, managers, maybe post-ex people, accountants) as not as worthwhile as the 'at the coal-face' diggers who do all the work.