12th March 2009, 06:13 PM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by Oxbeast
Not sure about aother areas of the construction industry, but I've certainly heard of it happening in archaeology (before the credit crunch). Either you can do it on an ad hoc basis, charging out a couple of supervisors as POs, or on a wholesale basis, charging everyone out at a step above their pay grade. Its a bit of a risky strategy: profitable, but you wouldn't want the client to find out about it...
Mmm...fair point...that may happen once or twice, now I come to think about it.
I don't know about charging people out as experienced diggers when they are trainees (which would be hard to spot, tbh). However, certainly it's not unheard of if a company hasn't got enough supervisors or POs (e.g. if they are contractually obliged to provide a certain number) for someone to be drafted up but not given the pay rise commensurate to that new role. Technically, that's fraud; however, the adage that you've got to do the job before you get the job isn't particular to archaeology. In any case, I think it's more cock-up than conspiracy.
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