29th August 2012, 10:47 AM
Carrickavoy Wrote:So there is no profit made by companies on the individual day rate costing of each employee? I find that very hard to believe. They are businesses just like any other. We live in a capitalist system and the essence of that system is to make profit off the labour of the worker....
Again, not really understanding are we. Obviously there is some profit (that's the idea at least, but given how close every tender must be cut it's hard to believe anyone makes a profit in archaeology), but unless you have shareholders profit means basically sod all apart from perhaps some money to buy more stuff and keep people on when there is a quiet patch. Besides, the sort of profit archaeological companies make is most likely to be so pitiful it would be laughed at by 'proper' companies. Also, the two largest archaeological organisations in the country are charities, so therefore not allowed to make a profit (technically anyway). Anyone who works self-employed should in theory be able to make a profit - who are they exploiting? Making a profit off the labour of the workers? We're not talking about Tesco or McDonalds. If that is actually happening then the skilled workforce of archaeologists out there have only themselves to blame. Oh, and before someone says - 'blah, director's driving around in Bentleys' or similar, that isn't necessarily proof that they are exploiting the workers in order to do it, it's to do with the salary they get paid not profit. Of course, if there is a surplus of profit everyone should really get a share, but I am only aware of one company where this happens.