24th November 2006, 01:28 PM
I do sympathise - but there are inherent difficulties in the situation.
In a sense the only safe bet for a employer is to only even discuss a job when it is all confirmed otherwise miss understandings will occur. The net result will be that a site worker will have no idea that a job is going to be available until shortly before the contract starts. It will however end the difficulty of leaving a job only to find that the new one has not started.
Myself I would prefer to know that I would have a job shortly rather being kept totally in the dark.
I think this is all part of the difficulties that arise from the fact that archaeology has become more and more casual and why I think that a temping agency could be a good thing. We discussed this on BAJR this time last year.
Peter Wardle
In a sense the only safe bet for a employer is to only even discuss a job when it is all confirmed otherwise miss understandings will occur. The net result will be that a site worker will have no idea that a job is going to be available until shortly before the contract starts. It will however end the difficulty of leaving a job only to find that the new one has not started.
Myself I would prefer to know that I would have a job shortly rather being kept totally in the dark.
I think this is all part of the difficulties that arise from the fact that archaeology has become more and more casual and why I think that a temping agency could be a good thing. We discussed this on BAJR this time last year.
Peter Wardle