17th March 2007, 04:19 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by BAJR Host We have to understand and present a reason for existence AND a clear 5 year plan for where we as a combined disciple... until then we are just whispering in the wind!
Well whispering wasn't quite what I thought we were doing in the wind, but at least it gets past the urine censor!!
The IFA initiative in commisioning consultants to look at pay in other professions will help in providing a benchmark against which archaeological pay can be compared.
Once the consultants report back (and surely it must be any day soon for such a cut and dry case), the great test of collective archaeological will will come with the timetable for implementing the increases necessary to bring archaeological pay up to the level of other professions. My betting is a 10 year rather than 5 year programme (only because we are already so far behind that anything less than 10 years to implement across the board increases will severely test the patience of our sponsors).
My guess for a ballpark figure to bring us into line with average graduate salaried posts would be something like inflation plus 5% for 10 years.