On-call jobs suck. I knew an IT guy that worked like that. Server crash at 3am, he's off to the office.
I've known people working as sysadmins or server admins, and it seems most o them are on-call all the time. I don't think I'd like such a job, knowing I could be interrupted at any time with a call to go in and fix a server issue..
A few jobs later, in the public sector, we were all union.
Junior and mid-level employees were hourly and received 1/2 their hourly pay for on-call rotations, paid whether they were called or not. Accept a promotion to senior lead and you went salaried. They'd end up taking a serious pay hit despite an increase in pay.
poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Gamgee <=-
Re: Re: Screaming into the void
By: Gamgee to Nightfox on Sat Jan 03 2026 03:31 pm
That's another question I've had - If there's a move to 4-day work weeks,
would that also mean benefits would change? Maybe they'd change it so
that 32 hours per week is considered enough to get benefits.
I thought the idea was 4 10-hour days, making it the same weekly hourly amount?
That's another question I've had - If there's a move to 4-day work
weeks, would that also mean benefits would change? Maybe they'd change
it so that 32 hours per week is considered enough to get benefits.
I thought the idea was 4 10-hour days, making it the same weekly hourly
amount?
You replied to me, but quoted something Nightfox said...
He said right there that it was 4 days and 32 hours.
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Brittish are retiring to Spain for the most part, that should tell you something.
Re: Re: Screaming into the void
By: Mortar M. to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Jan 03 2026 09:37 pm
On-call jobs suck. I knew an IT guy that worked like that. Server crash at 3am, he's off to the office.
Sucks when you're salaried, OK when you're single and don't drink. :|
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I'm doing a job search now, as I was laid off a few months ago, and even for software developer jobs, I've seen a few job postings where one of the job responsibilities is rotating on-call duties where you might be on-call for a few days every few weeks or so, which I suppose wouldn't be so bad.
It is not the best but I like the money. I suspect it is
not great unless you are in very good terms with the upper
ups and your efforts are recognized, though.
I mean, when a node in a cluster crashes and the whole thing enters degraded mode, you take a 2 hour trip to fix it, [...]
If management didn't appreciate that sort of thing I would be pissed.
degraded mode, you take a 2 hour trip to fix it, [...]
The money includes the 2hr [4hr return trip] travel time?
Then you'd be soaked to the skin if you worked where I do. We got people that go above and beyond and don't get squat from management.
Arelor wrote to Mortar M. <=-
I think modern firms have too bloated structures. The people taking decisions are too separated from the productive fabric of the firm. If
you are doing the gruntwork as part of a certain team it is veary easy
for other people in the team to appropiate your successes and you won't
be recognized for your efforts even if the managers are the sort of
people capable of recognizing good efforts.
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