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   From: mooregr_deleteth1s@greenms.com   
      
   "Richard"  wrote in message   
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   > My employer currently pays me $1/hour when I carry a pager.   I have to   
   > carry the pager every fourth week.  The problem is that my employer   
   > insists that I be available when I'm carrying the pager.  So, for $1/hr   
   > they expect me to remain within pager range, remain sober, and be   
   > available to come to work.  That really sucks on weekends.  No going   
   > to the beach (out of pager range) or out to a friend's cottage (out of   
   pager   
   > range), etc.  Declining to carry the pager is NOT an option.   
   >   
      
   We pay $100/week.  That's generally 12 hours overnight, and 48 hours on the   
   weekend.   
      
   So, I guess that's less than $1/hour.   
      
   We expect them to generally be within 15-30 minutes of a computer.   
      
   They don't need to come into work, they can work from home.   
      
   If any call takes an hour or more they also earn 1:1 comp time for those   
   calls.   
      
   We are flexible though and permit folks to change shifts as often as they   
   want (typically every other night it's a new person).   
      
   We only have 2 people currently carrying the page however, so it can get   
   rough.   
      
   On the same token we don't get too many pages and most are resolved within   
   10 minutes.   
      
      
   > I'm curious what compensation others get and more importantly, what's   
   > your employers expectation of your availability when you're on-call?   
   >   
   > Thanks.   
   >   
   >   
      
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