[evnsio]

It's hard to assess on-call comp without the context of pager load, stage of company and a myriad of other factors. We've done some research from the market though, and have some interesting results we'll be sharing soon! (see https://twitter.com/incident_io/status/1526191169054597120)

I take your point though, and if being on-call is having any meaningful impact on the time you spend working outside of hours, I agree $350 is low. For us, we're an early-stage startup with low numbers of alerts (long may it stay that way!) and the impact is low.

Not to try and defend it too much, but it's worth pointing out that the $350 is there to cover the inconvenience of being 30 mins from a laptop, rather than compensating for the time. We also give folks time off in lieu for any time they spend working outside of hours.

[hyperman1]

As an example: I love to go for a swim with my son, but this means I'm unreachable for 1.5 hours. Even with 0 incidents in oncall time, it severely limits these choices. This kind of thing is normal for most people