23rd January 2013, 07:12 PM
kevin wooldridge Wrote:...just to give some examples. There are people who do a bit of freelance work and a bit of employed work, maybe for a single employer, maybe for multiple employers, maybe even have a second profession to fit the gaps between archaeological projects, perhaps work in more than one country, maybe even semi-retired. I recognize the difficulties of designing a 'one size fits all' survey. but also think there are problems when people who have slightly non-conventional working patterns or mulitple employers aren't recognized by the survey at all!!
I also think that you should ask a totally subjective question such as 'Taking everything into consideration, are you happy with your lot?' perhaps with a scale of 1-10...
Hey Kevin, thanks for the feedback. I love the idea of a question 'Taking everything into consideration, are you happy with your lot?' perhaps with a scale of 1-10...' The real probable we have not found away around is keeping the questions few, small, (so people fill out the survey, it is already pretty long) but still capturing all the unique possible non-conventional working patterns e.g. we might have to add a question do you have a second profession to fit the gaps between archaeological projects, do you work in work in more than one country (if so which ones, how often, why, etc.). I think that is the problem most people are having with the survey- its not relevant to me?
Though if anyone wants to correct me on that point, please do.