22nd October 2008, 05:31 PM
So no doubt, in gorilla's future world, someone will need to bring the union in because... their colleague got four pairs of free socks per month whereas they only got three; or because their colleague went on a training course every two weeks and he only went once a month; or because he felt that a 300% final salary pension was derisory compared to the 400% offered to architects.
Point taken. But, as I said 'tis my flight-of-fantasy world that doesn't (and will never) exist. Personally, I'd like a 3 to 4% rise in my salary just to afford the mortgage (wooo... I actually have a mortgage, now not many archaeologist can say that) and at least two new pairs of socks.
In starting this thread I asked (sort of) "what would you do to change things?". Waiting... still waiting. Any ideas?
Is there any point being here (BAJR) if we just persist in regurgitating our gripes and epithets about the past, present and future of archaeology? Is that all this forum is for? Instead of stating the oh-so-bl**dy obvious problems, perhaps we should be trying to initiate ways to get out of the bl**dy mess we are in... and once stated, perhaps have the decency to actually act on them.
Point taken. But, as I said 'tis my flight-of-fantasy world that doesn't (and will never) exist. Personally, I'd like a 3 to 4% rise in my salary just to afford the mortgage (wooo... I actually have a mortgage, now not many archaeologist can say that) and at least two new pairs of socks.
In starting this thread I asked (sort of) "what would you do to change things?". Waiting... still waiting. Any ideas?
Is there any point being here (BAJR) if we just persist in regurgitating our gripes and epithets about the past, present and future of archaeology? Is that all this forum is for? Instead of stating the oh-so-bl**dy obvious problems, perhaps we should be trying to initiate ways to get out of the bl**dy mess we are in... and once stated, perhaps have the decency to actually act on them.