14th March 2009, 11:37 PM
I agree as well!
When I saw the advert I realised that I couldn't afford to take it. This is the kind of thing that drives away good, experienced archaeologists. One can only live like that if there's Mum and Dad to fall back on or one's lucky enough to have a well-paid partner.
The days of a local area are gone I think. I've always accepted that this is a travelling sort of a profession for most of us, so no issues there. But after a certain age it really isn't tenable to live out of a rucksack. We've banged on about career development for years and taking personal responsibility for it. Fine, I've paid for much of mine, but how is that possible living on hand-to-mouth away jobs with an unsure future every 3 months.
These are considerably worse terms than any similar projects I've seen in the last two years. They can't have it both ways. A new graduate without personal commitments can live like this (bye-bye mature students), but they cannot seriously be looking for highly experienced staff on these terms! Woe betide us if this is the Brave New World.
When I saw the advert I realised that I couldn't afford to take it. This is the kind of thing that drives away good, experienced archaeologists. One can only live like that if there's Mum and Dad to fall back on or one's lucky enough to have a well-paid partner.
The days of a local area are gone I think. I've always accepted that this is a travelling sort of a profession for most of us, so no issues there. But after a certain age it really isn't tenable to live out of a rucksack. We've banged on about career development for years and taking personal responsibility for it. Fine, I've paid for much of mine, but how is that possible living on hand-to-mouth away jobs with an unsure future every 3 months.
These are considerably worse terms than any similar projects I've seen in the last two years. They can't have it both ways. A new graduate without personal commitments can live like this (bye-bye mature students), but they cannot seriously be looking for highly experienced staff on these terms! Woe betide us if this is the Brave New World.