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I bill my hourly rate for all on-call hours regardless of if I'm called. If my employer wants any amount of control over my time (sobriety, proximity, etc) the

I bill my hourly rate for all on-call hours regardless of if I'm called. If my employer wants any amount of control over my time (sobriety, proximity, etc) then they pay my regular hourly rate for it. Most will not accept these terms, and that's the goal.

spaetzleesser 5y ago
That's the way to go. On-call is bearable if you get paid for it. As a contractor who charged by the hour I was perfectly fine with sitting in useless meetings or fixing things at night that weren't even my fault. Doing this without extra compensation is just not OK.
atoav 5y ago
And of course it should be that way: if they want your time (you not being able to do other jobs, you not being able to relax, etc) they should pay for it. Forcing them to think in your hours can also have the nice side effect that they get their communications in order.