23rd March 2007, 03:48 PM
Oh go on then - sounds good to me
Seriously though.. a 3% pay deal seems erasonable... while a 5% seems (to some) affordable) the 3% rate is under inflation (depending on how you calculate it - or is it over) and the budget has shown that those that earn under 17k a year will be worse off.. and that seems to include the vast majority of archaeologists.
The choice is up to the individual though whether they want to follow a 2% a 3% or a 5% rise .. hell.. I bet somebody could go for a 20% rise (just kidding)
The Benchmarking will (touch wood) show that pay is too low (really! Ed) and has to rise.. but what it does have to do is rise in a way that does not crush companies out of existance.
The tricky bit!
The 2% has not been confirmed yet.. and strikes may follow (like in 2003 or was it 2?)
This is not going to be easy . and the nettle has to be graspped.. it's not my job to do that.. and I feel like a tin hat poked above the trench to catch sniper fire. So far only one glancing shot richochet has been fired in my direction.. the others seem happy with a 3% minimum.... For me.. I stick my neck out.. the pension thing... well thats a kettle of fish and a half.. all I ask for is complience with law..
I am either stupid or daft.. but hey... lifes a rollercoaster
"No job worth doing was ever done on time or under budget.."
Khufu
Seriously though.. a 3% pay deal seems erasonable... while a 5% seems (to some) affordable) the 3% rate is under inflation (depending on how you calculate it - or is it over) and the budget has shown that those that earn under 17k a year will be worse off.. and that seems to include the vast majority of archaeologists.
The choice is up to the individual though whether they want to follow a 2% a 3% or a 5% rise .. hell.. I bet somebody could go for a 20% rise (just kidding)
The Benchmarking will (touch wood) show that pay is too low (really! Ed) and has to rise.. but what it does have to do is rise in a way that does not crush companies out of existance.
The tricky bit!
The 2% has not been confirmed yet.. and strikes may follow (like in 2003 or was it 2?)
This is not going to be easy . and the nettle has to be graspped.. it's not my job to do that.. and I feel like a tin hat poked above the trench to catch sniper fire. So far only one glancing shot richochet has been fired in my direction.. the others seem happy with a 3% minimum.... For me.. I stick my neck out.. the pension thing... well thats a kettle of fish and a half.. all I ask for is complience with law..
I am either stupid or daft.. but hey... lifes a rollercoaster
"No job worth doing was ever done on time or under budget.."
Khufu