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It gets lost in both directions, though. If you get paid 100 total units now for the value you bring to your company, how do you know that you wouldn’t get 95 u
by sokoloff 4mo ago
It gets lost in both directions, though. If you get paid 100 total units now for the value you bring to your company, how do you know that you wouldn’t get 95 units base and 5 units of on-call for the identical value that you create?
- al_borland 4mo agoThat works as a thought experiment. Though I think someone getting 5 units for on-call will be less annoyed by on-call than someone only getting their base pay, even if it all shakes out to be at the same at the end of the day. With the 5 units, if they work more, they get more. With base pay only, every time that phone rings their hourly rate drops. It may just be optics, but optics make a difference.
- sokoloff 4mo agoEven that scenario works in both directions (as always). Engineering a system that doesn’t require off-hours work comes with a financial penalty to the team members if there’s explicitly segregated on-call pay. Write a good system and your pay drops to 95 units.
- al_borland 4mo agoThat’s true. I suppose I’ve worked in a martyr culture for so long it’s hard to see. I do everything I can to avoid getting called, and make sure if I do get called on something that it never happens again. Most don’t do that, they just brag about being up until 3am working. I sometimes start to feel guilty for not doing that anymore, but it’s usually their own fault.