25th November 2011, 04:31 PM
P Prentice Wrote:cant believe this thread is dying already - must say something about self-worth
It did seem to go from maybe realistic to fairly unrealistic pretty quickly so that probably didn't help. 78k for 20+ years experience! On which planet is that? There must be architects who dream of earning that sort of money.
My only wish in the present circumstances is that everyone honestly kept up with BARJs and the new IfA minima. That would be a start. No more advertising a job as 37.5 hours a week only to then reveal that 4 hours travelling per day (for no extra) is the norm - admit it, how often does that happen? How about only 6 months or longer contracts? No more 'pools of 'self-employed' staff' ready to come and do a weeks work (or is that really a week and a half for one week's pay, once you add on all the travel)? How about decent amounts of consideration for training? Etc etc. Talking about salaries of 78K is pointless until these sorts of basics are fixed. I still don't think that pay amounts are as big an issue as conditions of work.