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From: jivanoff@volvocars.com
Well... When I started at this company we shared the time on 3 persons, so
we had to be on call every third week.. Then we had around $5.5/hr on
outofoffice time... And $40/hr when the phone rang. 1:st hr paid in full no
matter if we solved the problem in 5 minutes or in 1 hr. Same if we had to
log on remotely from home. If we had to go to the office we got 3 hrs paid
directly ( no matter if it took 5 minutes or 3 hrs ). If it took longer than
the time we already got paid for it was $40/hr... And we had to be available
24hrs a day from Monday 5am to Saturday 4.30pm ( we didn't have to be on
call after that since there were no production then )
But then we had to be able to either get logged in or be at the factory
within 1 hr.
The the factory was sold and we got another agreement that gaves us $1.85/hr
no matter if we have to go in or not. Now we don't have to be on call at all
since everything has been running so smoothly and we haven't got a single
call for over a year that is systemsrelated ( databases and servers ) and
the IT support has been outsourced.... :-)
/Jari
"Richard" wrote in message
news:eI6bc.9796$Ig.3374@pd7tw2no...
> 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.
>
>
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