Re: What's your compensation for carrying a pager???

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.
>
>

When I started with my employer 2 years ago, we did not get any compensation at all for after hours 2nd level support. During those days, you can almost expect a call when you are on shift. Either 1st level support calls us directly or the boss does.

Nowadays, however, we get an additional $1000(AU) before tax per month to our pay, after a change in the structure of the company. Plus there are not too much calls after several of the issues from before have been sorted out one at a time. Received on Tue Apr 06 2004 - 01:34:47 CEST