I think lis-grumble is an excellent idea for a group.
It might prevent gross abuse of the delete function on my
pc!
Jon Purcell
On Fri, 26 May 2000 09:46:35 +0100 Tim Fletcher
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> Greetings,
>
> This is a regular point of discussion isn't it, almost worthy of its own
> list - anyone for LIS-GRUMBLE?
>
> More seriously perhaps is the matter of what do you actually want from
> your job? Everyone would presumably vote for more money and that is only
> to be expected. There are however other issues to take into account such
> as job security, working environment, job satisfaction, people saying
> "Thank you", etc. All these are rather woolly and not so easy to
> quantify as the pounds going into the bank at the end of the month but
> can add considerably to the package. I suspect that this might be a view
> which finds favour amongst those of us who have been a little longer in
> the profession.
>
> Anybody who becomes a Librarian (or even an Information Scientist) for
> the money is going to be sadly disillusioned and has possibly been very
> badly advised. This doesn't mean that we shouldn't push for better
> salaries in all sectors, but there will never be the same level of
> reward for all professions no matter what we might think.
>
> Regards,
>
> Tim
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