2nd February 2013, 04:29 PM
Over the years I've worked for a few outfits where the management seemed to have little idea how to run a business, suspect not too many archaeologists have been to business school
...not sure about the pound-shop thought though, we're rarely the cheapest tenderer (possibly cos the local ethos is to actually bother to look for any archaeology, unlike some...why do curators put up with them?) yet still seem to secure enough work
Anecdotally some clients, as policy, normally go for the middle tender anyway, to get a balance between 'cost' and 'quality'and avoid significantly low tenders like the plague...hope for us all then
...not sure about the pound-shop thought though, we're rarely the cheapest tenderer (possibly cos the local ethos is to actually bother to look for any archaeology, unlike some...why do curators put up with them?) yet still seem to secure enough work
Anecdotally some clients, as policy, normally go for the middle tender anyway, to get a balance between 'cost' and 'quality'and avoid significantly low tenders like the plague...hope for us all then