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Waiting to work is working. Would a hospital surgeon only charge for time holding a knife? Don’t be absurd.
by geraldwhen 4y ago
Waiting to work is working. Would a hospital surgeon only charge for time holding a knife? Don’t be absurd.
- joshuamorton 4y agoIf I'm at home cooking dinner, I'm not "waiting to work" though. Yes, you cannot go on a hike, which is why you get paid. You don't get paid more than you do for your normal time working though.
- shadowofneptune 4y agoHospitals do not pay more than normal work hours for on-call, though they do usually pay some amount. https://physiciansthrive.com/physician-compensation/on-call-pay-physicians/ https://physiciansthrive.com/physician-compensation/on-call-...
- soneca 4y agoAbsurd analogy. My point is that I think it’s fair to pay less than regular hour pay when you are “waiting to work”. I also think it’s fair to pay more than regular hour pay when you are working outside of regular working hours.
- vorpalhex 4y agoSpent years taking oncall shifts. Nah, it really isn't. The two things I couldn't do were see a movie and go hike. Otherwise life as normal. Laptop in the car, 4g hotspot on my phone. Only actually had to fix an issue remotely a few times (once with only my phone in a restaurant after a martial arts class).
- wodenokoto 4y agoHospitals are probably one of the places uses on-call the most. A nurse or surgeon on-call doesn't sit around the hospital (at least not where I am from). They sit at home watching TV or eating dinner with friends, knowing that if there is an emergency, they have to go to work. So they are paid for being available at a diminished rate, and if their availability is needed, then they are paid overtime.