[beachstartup]

as someone who runs an on-call team, and is woken up frequently still as a co-founder, if someone sprang that on you, you should quit asap, and tell them why. people need to know that on-call is a decision, not a mandate.

the only reason my team puts up with it is because we're 100% remote. they never leave their families, so that's the trade-off.

[ianai]

Grumble grumble. There are times I'm treated as oncall despite being hourly. Figure that out.

[beachstartup]

consultants charge double during on-call hours. it's standard practice.

[brazzledazzle]

Unplanned == big $$. If you have to travel to the customer you can charge double your hourly rate and an emergency trip fee + expenses.

[ianai]

No just an hourly employee. Support technician at that.

[brazzledazzle]

That sucks, but hey, at least you get compensated for it. I think in some states they even have to pay you for a certain amount of time at minimum even if you only work for 10 minutes.

[ianai]

It happens very rarely. The times it does they do it under the guise of me being potentially fired if I answer wrong. Ie they want immediate clarification of what I did in some crisis but really just want info. Not paid and I'm actively searching for work.

[beachstartup]

find a new job buddy. nobody is going to stick up for you but yourself.