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Hey Soylentils,
One of my least favorite parts of my job is on call work. I'm wondering if there are any standard practices when it comes to afterhour on call work. At the moment, I am on call 50% of the time. (I share it with one other person). When I am on call, I am expected to answer the ticket within 15 minutes, which means:
- I can't leave the city
- Going to a restaurant/movie/etc is a gamble.
- Sometimes I have to drop whatever I'm doing and answer a call.
Thankfully, I don't get many calls -- Maybe one per week that I can resolve in 30 minutes. In exchange for carrying the pager, I am paid a flat rate of $250CAD/week. After taxes, it works out to more like $150. I am sick to death of carrying the pager. I hate being restricted in my movements on my time off. I like to get out to the mountains, and because of pager, I can't.
Now, there are rumors that the company might remove that $250/week because of "the economic times". That basically would mean that I am giving up my freedom 50% of the time for nothing, and that I should be happy to have a job. Needless to say, I'm a little upset at that prospect...
So, Soylentils, what are your pager practices? Do you get paid for on call work? What happens if you miss a call? Do you have a backup on-call person? Do you get time off in lieu?
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Snotnose on Thursday December 10 2015, @06:35AM
being taken advantage of. It's not worth $250/wk to lose your free time. They want you to be tethered to that short a leash you get at least your hourly pay, preferably time and a half.
It doesn't matter how many calls a week you get. What matters is you can't eat out, see a concert/movie, or hell, just get drunk and watch a football game.
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by Hairyfeet on Thursday December 10 2015, @06:43AM
Exactly he needs to be finding another job NOW, they are just gonna use him for every bit of work they can get before they end up kicking him to the curb anyway, its not worth it.
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(Score: 2) by Hyperturtle on Thursday December 10 2015, @09:02PM
It's also possible that management never thought of how inconveniencing the on-call is, because they have rationalized about it since their initial need. THEY are not who is inconvenienced.
When preparing to leave, it is not a bad idea to at least inform the employer as to why it is is something like this -- bad policy as compared to bad politics. They might not realize the scope of their misconception of just what their terms meant to someone, and may make amends if given the chance.
Eliminating the incentive, though, because of the economic environment -- that also can be what is used to describe some of the additional reasons for leaving, since economics impact both parties in such a contract...
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Hairyfeet on Thursday December 10 2015, @09:43PM
NO that is a very VERY bad idea and here is why...most of these bastards are MBAs, Masters of Being Assholes, and will fire his ass the second they find out he is looking for another job. When a corp gets to the point they expect you to do significant work for free? They ALREADY do not consider you a vital part of the company, they are just trying to see how much they can get out of you before you get kicked to the curb. I should know as I've had this happen to several friends working corporate and this kind of shit is why I refuse to do corporate work anymore, he has already lost any respect that middle management had which you can tell when they cut out the pittance they were offering for giving up all of his free time.
So I stand by my post, if he has any sense or pride he needs to be packing up and getting a new job ASAP as things will never get better, only worse.
ACs are never seen so don't bother. Always ready to show SJWs for the racists they are.
(Score: 2) by TK on Friday December 11 2015, @03:30PM
The best time to find a job, is when you already have one. There's no reason you have to quit or be fired, or god-forbid, announce to your boss that you're looking for new work.
When you give your two weeks notice, schedule an exit interview, and during that, you can tell them (in the nicest terms possible), that they're required time is not worth what they were paying you. If they give you a counter-offer, don't take it, it's a trap.
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