29th September 2013, 07:57 AM
kevin wooldridge Wrote:I don't find that vilifying the ever decreasing number of archaeologists who happen to work directly for government, local government or academia (sucking 'on the public teat') as a particularly engaging comment.....the analogy with the Daily Mail being that it is a cheap shot aimed at an audience conditioned to despise public service. I know plenty of public sector archaeologists who are paragons of archaeological virtue when it comes to engagement with the community outside the hours of 9-5, many who would put their private sector counterparts to shame....
Why not? I know both public and private sector archaeologist many of whom do loads or do nothing! I am a civil servant my self, and am horrified by how little most of my colleagues do, my bigger point albeit perhaps made in too dramatic a manner is that it is more encumbent upon those employed in the public sector to prove their worth than for those in the private sector. We have to prove our worth or run the risk of being cut!
What would you say was a reasonable level of volunteering for a ppublic sector archaeologist ....a day, a month, two months a year?