Richard, Linda:
In the interest of providing some sort of baseline for making these comments and judgments, I share my pay scale.
I take on interns, but in the interest of making the opportunity open to all regardless of family wealth, I pay them at the rate of $10/hour for a maximum of 120 hours. Continued employment, if there is an opening, is at the rate of $150/day, which I think works out to $18.75/hour (still way too low, by my measure, but I have to compete). There are no conventional benefits. I base my hiring decision on the applicant's character and their interest in pursuing a professional career in archaeology or a related field, and the benefit is that I work closely with them to prepare them for entry and success in graduate school, including helping with tuition for work-related classes and workshops, directed reading, and encouragement and some financial support for presenting conference papers and publication. I establish a three year limit (used to be two years, but I've had to adapt to the peculiarities of graduate admissions), after which they better be off to graduate school or to another job.
I think if we take pay and benefits out of the shadows and talk about them, rather than showing the usual academic reluctance and I'm-above-discussing-money attitude, we can help improve the pay and benefits for everybody. Grant-funded work, which is what Julie is offering, is a bit of a different animal, but in the commercial world, we charge overhead and profit on salaries. The more we pay, the more we make.
I look forward to reading more such descriptions and participating in a civil debate. (Sorry Richard...caps at the beginnings of sentences and proper names and acronyms...no shouting please.)
Jim
James G. Gibb
Gibb Archaeological Consulting
2554 Carrollton Road
Annapolis, Maryland USA ?? 21403
443.482.9593 (Land) 410.693.3847 (Cell)
www.gibbarchaeology.net ? www.porttobacco.blogspot.com
On 09/13/13, Linda Derry<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
If money is how you measure life then maybe the job at McDonalds is the
right way to go.
If you're interested the topic and are acquiring experience, Julie's job
sounds like a great opportunity.
Linda Derry
Site Director
Old Cahawba
719 Tremont St.
Selma, AL 36701
ph. 334/875-2529
fax. 334/877-4253
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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Richard
Lundin
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 11:54 PM
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Subject: Re: Positions Available
Julie:
That is ridiculous! With the new proposed MINIMUM WAGE + benefits + required
employer supplied healthcare they could do better at McDonalds.
This is a waste of the time and money getting a BA\BS in
Anthropology\Archaeology. When I am asked how to get into archaeology, I
say DON'T!- UNLESS YOU HAVE AN EXCELLENT MATH AND SCIENCE BACKGROUND AND CAN
GET INTO ARCHAEOSCIENCE (I.E. ARCHAEOGEOPHYSICS, ARCHAEOCHEMISTRY OR
FORENSIC ARCHEOLOGY!
My Two Cents!
Richard J. Lundin BA, MA, RPA, ISAP, AIPG Consulting Historical
Archaeologist & Archaeogeophysicist
On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 5:12 PM, King, Julia <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear HISTARCHers,
>
> St. Mary's College of MD is searching for a Project Archaeologist and
> crew
> (3) for a major survey focused on documenting Piscataway Indian
> landscapes in Southern Maryland. More information about the positions
> can be found at this link:
> http://www.smcm.edu/hr/employment.html#assist_arch. The positions will
> remain open until filled. The project begins on or about October 15.
>
> Julie King
>
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