13th September 2005, 02:24 PM
Well, 'responsibility' on site doesn't necessarily mean taking supervisory roles.
If someone is experienced and competent enough to be left to work with minimal supervision/instruction, doing their own digging and recording, and possibly showing the ropes to someone less experienced, then I would say they are operating at a higher level of responsibility that I would give an inexperienced new graduate and should be paid more. It is an invaluable asset to have a few people like that on your site.
If I was a unit manager, I would also do my damndest to keep hold of such people, which may be the nearest thing to job security currently available.
Having said that, there is a limit to how far it can go. In all professions, more pay/security usually goes with more responsibility, so if you don't want the formal responsibility then you are not likely to get more than one or two rungs above the newbies on the pay-scales.
1man1desk
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If someone is experienced and competent enough to be left to work with minimal supervision/instruction, doing their own digging and recording, and possibly showing the ropes to someone less experienced, then I would say they are operating at a higher level of responsibility that I would give an inexperienced new graduate and should be paid more. It is an invaluable asset to have a few people like that on your site.
If I was a unit manager, I would also do my damndest to keep hold of such people, which may be the nearest thing to job security currently available.
Having said that, there is a limit to how far it can go. In all professions, more pay/security usually goes with more responsibility, so if you don't want the formal responsibility then you are not likely to get more than one or two rungs above the newbies on the pay-scales.
1man1desk
to let, fully furnished