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[Unitof1]

http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/news/Housing-woes-hit-new-victims-8211-archaeologists/article-440788-detail/article.html

[Dirty Dave Lincoln]

Its starting to get grim in Lincoln,but they do say that every cloud has a silver lining- you might have to wait a bit for the cloud to appear, but there is always hope!
As I like to say (to annoy people) "things could always be worse":face-huh:

[mercenary]

Wow I may move to Lincoln. At least 2 of our local units are said to have laid off all their diggers. And these were pretty big companies.

[BAJR Host]

Thanks for finding that Unit... this is disturbing... if not surprising. It reflects the poll, where this current situation will hit archaeological units. The question is... how are we preparing for it.. and what are we doing? I am moving into public archaeology - what are others doing?

"I don't have an archaeological imagination.."
Borekickers

[oldgirl]

Finding another job! If it's not in archaeology it'll have to be something else!

[Dirty Dave Lincoln]

Yes-nice one Unit, though it's not how I usually like to make it in the newspaper!

[Unitof1]

The story uses the word redundancy but I wonder if they were not renewal of contract lay offs.

[Dirty Dave Lincoln]

Hopefully it will be just a temporary lay-off, but then again how long is a piece of string?

[oldgirl]

Redundancy payments only apply legally if you've been in a company for 2 years or more, so those payments don't apply to many people (don't forget, however, that 'rolling contracts' can still count).

I agree, hopefully it won't be long for anyone. As I've been saying to a number of people recently, it's going to be 'interesting' when things do eventually start moving again and suddenly all this 'on-hold' work suddenly takes off....

[Dirty Dave Lincoln]

And when it does take off again thats when you find your having to be on 2 or more sites at the same time! talk about 3 busses coming at same time[:o)]

[Unitof1]

live by the fix term contract...

dont know if this helps -you got go and see troll

http://www.bajr.org/BAJRForum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=518

[Dirty Dave Lincoln]

Crete sounds good to me, just need to get a passport...[8D]

[oldgirl]

quote:Originally posted by Dirty Dave Lincoln

Crete sounds good to me, just need to get a passport...[8D]


Hey, you clearly already have the sunglasses.....

Thanks for pointing that out Unit, I hadn't seen it before.

[mercenary]

quote:[i] and what are we doing? I am moving into public archaeology - what are others doing?


When it ends, as it surely will, I guess it will be retrain and hope that age discrimination doesn't restrict my new career. I just hope that I can find a job that needs a few of the things I have learned in archaeology. And I don't mean the fluffy meaningless things like "ability to work with others". Harrumph.

[Unitof1]

that will be public archaeology

[Dirty Dave Lincoln]

I did have glasses-but then I accidently sat on them!
How long before the only archaeology being dug up is in peoples tatty patch in their back yard?

[oldgirl]

quote:Originally posted by Dirty Dave Lincoln

I did have glasses-but then I accidently sat on them!
How long before the only archaeology being dug up is in peoples tatty patch in their back yard?


I don't have a tatty patch to dig up. :(

One important thing to note, it's not just a crunch on the 'diggers'. There are redundancies/layoffs amongst the consultancies as well.

[Dirty Dave Lincoln]

It seems to be striking all the way down the line.
You could get an allotment-but even they are getting scarce as more and more people want to grow their own food.:face-huh:

[oldgirl]

quote:Originally posted by Dirty Dave Lincoln

It seems to be striking all the way down the line.
You could get an allotment-but even they are getting scarce as more and more people want to grow their own food.:face-huh:


Tried that, no go. On the other hand (an interesting twist I thought)- I was once involved in the excavation of 'dig for victory' allotments......:D

[Dirty Dave Lincoln]

"dig for victory allotments"
Sounds an interesting excav-what did you find?

[oldgirl]

Not much. They'd used lazy bedding if I remember rightly.....

[Dirty Dave Lincoln]

As in there was so little recording to do- everyone kept falling asleep?;)

[oldgirl]

quote:Originally posted by Dirty Dave Lincoln

As in there was so little recording to do- everyone kept falling asleep?;)


:D That's probably true.... I have to say that most of us didn't really see the point, but hey ho.

[Dirty Dave Lincoln]

Done a few jobs where nothing turned up and was asked "why are you recording,and taking photos of nothing?"[?]

[oldgirl]

'Cos we need other people to know there was nothing too?'
or possibly
'stops me going out of my mind with boredom'.

}:)

[Dirty Dave Lincoln]

I know one (too) honest person saying on a WB "because your paying for it", it was one of his first WB jobs [:I]

[oldgirl]

probably better than 'don't ask me, I'm just an archaeologist' which I have also heard.....

[Dirty Dave Lincoln]

or dropping the gaffer in it with "my boss told me to"

[oldgirl]

quote:Originally posted by Dirty Dave Lincoln

or dropping the gaffer in it with "my boss told me to"


'My boss told me to, personally I don't see why I'm here.' Drops everyone in it. Heard that one too!

[Rachelintheoffice]

"To prove that it's nothing, so as you don't have to pay for me to come back!" usually goes down well. Alternatively, "to prove that I was here doing my job, so as you don't have to pay for someone else to come back and do it again!"