8th November 2012, 08:18 PM
(This post was last modified: 8th November 2012, 08:31 PM by trowelfodder.)
Maybe collective was the wrong word - but am afraid that if I change it I won't understand that reply either!!!
I think a :face-topic: is needed!
In defense of companies which do not pay what they charge for staff I imagine that there is a much higher running cost than we have. A home office with minimal additional costs will find it easier to pay more than a company with salaried staff, a large office, company vehicles etc. Although we also don't have the ability to do do large projects which would gain the highest profits.........
But it does feed back into my earlier point about staff on short term contracts with breaks in employment being in effect self funding and if they are being brought in then there must be work surplus to the workforce in permanent employ. But supply and demand - no incentive to pay more if there are workers prepared to work for less - unless there was an industry benchmark ................
And lets stop exploiting volunteers etc to do entry level jobs - lets give this generation of graduates a chance and as part of the pay deal properly hammer out a commitment to stamp out unpaid work as the only way to gain experience to get jobs. We prob have more than enough community officers so maybe is time for CBA and others to fund straight forward diggers positions to give that all important 6 months work. I for one would pay into a fund to do this or in ten years time we wont have enough skills left within the proffession
I think a :face-topic: is needed!
In defense of companies which do not pay what they charge for staff I imagine that there is a much higher running cost than we have. A home office with minimal additional costs will find it easier to pay more than a company with salaried staff, a large office, company vehicles etc. Although we also don't have the ability to do do large projects which would gain the highest profits.........
But it does feed back into my earlier point about staff on short term contracts with breaks in employment being in effect self funding and if they are being brought in then there must be work surplus to the workforce in permanent employ. But supply and demand - no incentive to pay more if there are workers prepared to work for less - unless there was an industry benchmark ................
And lets stop exploiting volunteers etc to do entry level jobs - lets give this generation of graduates a chance and as part of the pay deal properly hammer out a commitment to stamp out unpaid work as the only way to gain experience to get jobs. We prob have more than enough community officers so maybe is time for CBA and others to fund straight forward diggers positions to give that all important 6 months work. I for one would pay into a fund to do this or in ten years time we wont have enough skills left within the proffession