9th November 2012, 10:38 AM
get rid of the whole commercial tender system and have local units funded by a tax levied on the building trade so no big bills when it comes to developing .............
and pigs will fly (but not in an angry birds kind of way)
But seriously I think we as a profession are in crisis and have been for a long time. The economic crisis has made it worse but if we cannot answer
I suppose this is all made even more difficult by the fact that we have such a web of problems that means it is impossible to untangle a single thread or issue. We come in with a degree to do manual labour on short term contract and low wages, short term so no incentive to train us, training we do get adhoc and hugely varied, little value based on field skills so in order to progress have to move out of field so less experienced diggers to offer support and training to those starting out, short term contracts and low wage means periods of unemployment and wage not enough to support through this, low self esteem/feeling worthless, so glad of job take anything on any terms, frightened if dont someone else will, someone else does, no need for improvement in pay, those that escape this cycle have attitude of I did it so why cant others, tension within profession between office and site, unwillingness by either to see other point, translates to feelings between units, fear of being undercut, cut costs to aviod, staffing costs cut, low wages, people work for low wages .............................
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and pigs will fly (but not in an angry birds kind of way)
But seriously I think we as a profession are in crisis and have been for a long time. The economic crisis has made it worse but if we cannot answer
Quote:WE promote ourselves as _________________ to ___________ by means of _________________ fill in blanks.then we have a problem.
I suppose this is all made even more difficult by the fact that we have such a web of problems that means it is impossible to untangle a single thread or issue. We come in with a degree to do manual labour on short term contract and low wages, short term so no incentive to train us, training we do get adhoc and hugely varied, little value based on field skills so in order to progress have to move out of field so less experienced diggers to offer support and training to those starting out, short term contracts and low wage means periods of unemployment and wage not enough to support through this, low self esteem/feeling worthless, so glad of job take anything on any terms, frightened if dont someone else will, someone else does, no need for improvement in pay, those that escape this cycle have attitude of I did it so why cant others, tension within profession between office and site, unwillingness by either to see other point, translates to feelings between units, fear of being undercut, cut costs to aviod, staffing costs cut, low wages, people work for low wages .............................
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