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Something is missing from this story. How do you go from “on call is stressful and disruptive to people’s lives” straight to “we’re creating a voluntary on-call
by pmiller2 7y ago
Something is missing from this story. How do you go from “on call is stressful and disruptive to people’s lives” straight to “we’re creating a voluntary on-call rotation, and people are jumping at the chance?”
- oarsinsync 7y agoThey paid you if you volunteered to be part of the on call group. Previously, it was mandatory and the majority only got TOIL.
- pmiller2 7y agoI’m still a little skeptical. Given how they described the on call rotation before, it would have to be a pretty significant pay bump to get people to jump at the opportunity, IMO.
- BoorishBears 7y agoHigh turnover because your on-call system sucks causes a pretty significant bump to the cost of doing business.
- oarsinsync 7y agoYou’d be surprised how often people will jump for an extra $200/week. Especially if you’re going from one week in four (TOIL for incident time) to one week in six or seven (TOIL for incident time + $200 regardless) on the promise that things will get better. You can always un-volenteer if after a few rounds it’s clear things aren’t getting better, but the initial position is already better than the starting point.
- Scoundreller 7y agoAnecdotal, but I’m seeing a bit of the opposite. Those near retirement don’t want it and 1 person is taking a lot of it for the extra pay. I hope it doesn’t make him burnout.