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   From: glen_stromquist@no_spam_yahoo.com   
      
   Richard wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
   >   
   > I'm curious what compensation others get and more importantly, what's   
   > your employers expectation of your availability when you're on-call?   
   >   
   > Thanks.   
   >   
   >   
   I carry a pager and a cell, and get squat for it, its a condition of   
   employment. We take turns being on call for weekends, but basically we   
   all are anyway, the on-call person will just contact me if the problem   
   is db related anyway, same goes for our network guys, as400 guys etc.   
   I do a lot of after hours monitoring & work on my own anyway, in turn I   
   get a lot of flexibility, if I want to leave early to watch one of my   
   kids school event I go, no questions asked. As long as everything runs   
   and runs smoothly things are ok. Works for me anyway...   
      
      
   cheers   
      
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