I was on call in the biomed field many many years ago, one week a month. I got a separate line item on my check for that. It wasn't much but I was compensated.

I was on call in the biomed field many many years ago, one week a month. I got a separate line item on my check for that. It wasn't much but I was compensated. Rarely got calls either, because I didn't support operating room equipment and there was a call centre (third-party) that followed a script (honed over time) to root out issues that weren't "emergencies". Why we as a profession allow for "free labour" by being on call escapes me. No, the salary I got paid wasn't for being on call, it was for doing my normal 9 to 5 functions as a specialist.