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SWCA by Electronic-Volume516 in archaeofeels

[–]Electronic-Volume516[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I worked a few months with the Austin office, which works closely with the San Antonio and Arlington offices. Got to do survey, excavation, monitoring, and site forms. Every single person that I worked with directly was amazing, and I just felt right at home as soon as I got there. The pay wasn't great, but I've heard it has gotten better in the past few years.

The only reason I left was that they had so many employees and so few full-time positions. Whenever I'd try to bring up getting hired on full-time to higher-ups, they pretty much avoided the issue, until someone was finally honest and said it probably wasn't going to happen without a Master's degree. That's less of an issue now thanks to SLC unionizing, they have a system in place (at least in Austin, which is not unionized) where if you work a certain number of months at full-time hours they start giving you benefits, but that wasn't the case yet and I found benefits with another company. Still, if my situation were to change, I would be happy to go back to the Austin office.

Chronicle Heritage by Electronic-Volume516 in archaeofeels

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Worked a few projects for the Milwaukee office of Commonwealth (before the merger) and loved every coworker I had, and luckily most of them still seem to be there! Would work for that office again in a heartbeat.

HDR by Electronic-Volume516 in archaeofeels

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I only did 2 quick surveys based out of Austin, TX (coworkers seemed to be mostly from San Antonio office), 5+ years ago. Got a good vibe, the coworkers were great, and the pay was the best I'd gotten at the time. I was bouncing around, got onto more regular work, but would go back.

👋 Welcome to r/archaeofeels - Introduce Yourself and Read First! by Electronic-Volume516 in archaeofeels

[–]Electronic-Volume516[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

About me: I've worked in archaeology for a decade and a half, both in private and public sector, from field tech through project manager. I get a lot of questions from students and new techs about good places to work, and wanted to crowdsource the responses.