4th September 2008, 02:39 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by gorilla
Surely if we wanted to profit from archaeology... we should have become the tombraiders we abhor, and not had bothered with all that education and mud-buddy stuff to become the archaeologists aspire to be (or already are).
I disagree with this I'm afraid. Working profitably isn't automatically about expliotation of anyone or about not undertaking our work in a professional way.
I have worked for (and run) organisations which rewarded effective and innovative ideas and paid bonuses, increased training opportunities etc in the years when the team managed to be effective enough to have spare cash available at the end of the year (profit in other words).
You could also take the point of view that the undercutting 'antics' that many people complain of here are less likely to happen if there are incentives to all staff make a profit!
(And for those of us regarding this from the 'Trot' point of view, if you are an employee - is it wrong to earn more than what you need for basic survival? Surely that's a 'profit'?)