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I'm curious to know what compensation people receive for being on-call, either as a percentage of salary or flat rate. (I'd submit a poll, but it appears from

• jacques_chester 15y ago
  A friend of mine used to work in a dinosaur pen. He's moved up, but he is still rotated through on-call periods because of his familiarity with the particular outfit he works for. He receives several hundred dollars over his base salary per week to be on-call; he then receives a minimum of three hours pay at the maximum penalty rate when he takes a phone call. Given how stressful being on-call can be, I think he earns every dollar. His social life is constrained; getting a 2AM phone call and having to login or drive to the data centre to troubleshoot is hell on sleeping patterns. The expense of calling him in also encourages the relevant shift managers to think carefully about whether they need to bump the issue up or to recheck it themselves. If I was in the position of requiring on-call staff of any kind, I would endeavour to have a similar set of rules in place.
• switch007 15y ago
  Nothing for actually being on call. 2x hourly rate for time worked (time worked is rounded up to nearest 1/2 hour before being doubled). Quiet weeks suck. We're continually reminded how "generous" this is. I would say my salary reflects oncall duties, but only a very small amount