20th April 2010, 07:02 PM
I completely agree Dinosaur.
Yes the overtime is optional but it would be nice to have optional overtime at an actual overtime rate. I don't like the idea that we should be down on our knees praising God that we get to work 12 hr days at normal rate. Most of us are experienced and/or highly educated and this is not the 3rd world! Also, i have luckily never been out of work in winter & while this style of seasonal work may appeal to some i should think it would prove a lot harder in the long run getting any kind of credit or mortgage (lol).
It makes me so angry that even those high up within archaeology aren't taking our profession seriously, how then are we to convince anyone else?!
Yes the overtime is optional but it would be nice to have optional overtime at an actual overtime rate. I don't like the idea that we should be down on our knees praising God that we get to work 12 hr days at normal rate. Most of us are experienced and/or highly educated and this is not the 3rd world! Also, i have luckily never been out of work in winter & while this style of seasonal work may appeal to some i should think it would prove a lot harder in the long run getting any kind of credit or mortgage (lol).
It makes me so angry that even those high up within archaeology aren't taking our profession seriously, how then are we to convince anyone else?!