Archaeologists Are Organizing to Dig Out of Poverty Wages (jacobin.com)
from fossilesque@mander.xyz to archaeology@mander.xyz on 08 Apr 2024 17:44
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shiveyarbles@beehaw.org on 08 Apr 2024 19:51 next collapse

Lol I had a college friend who graduated with a degree in archeology… I saw him years later working at Best Buy.

acockworkorange@mander.xyz on 09 Apr 2024 11:30 collapse

I yes, this is indeed so risible. Thank you for letting us all laugh at the injustices of scientific knowledge production in late stage capitalism.

shiveyarbles@beehaw.org on 09 Apr 2024 13:09 collapse

Tbh he told me that archeology was way more boring and uninteresting than he thought it would be.

recreationalplacebos@midwest.social on 08 Apr 2024 22:51 collapse

“meager benefits”, I wish. I have a specialized degree and nearly 15 years of experience in CRM, and I have absolutely none. No vacation, no sick leave, no health insurance, no retirement, nada. And essentially no chance of that changing without going back to school to get a master’s, and even then no guarantee. I hear legends from time to time of field techs trying to unionize back in the 90s and getting blacklisted, hopefully this time it takes off instead.