Standby allowance - reasonable figure?

[psychocandy]

What do all reckon as % of day rate to do overnight (and then weekends)? 25% of pro-rata hourly for time on standby plus pro-rata rate for time once called (subject to a minimum of, say 2 hours)?

Have had clients in the past trying to pay same as permies - umm no. If permies get £100 per day permie salary, then they might be keen on £30 for being on call but I aint.

Even had one client (years ago mind before remote access was common) who told me if I got called I got my normal hourly rate but only when I got to site (I lived an hour plus away so I could have driven there 50 miles taking an hour, worked and got paid half-hour and then had to drive home an hour). Manager couldnt see anything wrong with this even when I pointed out it'd cost me more in petrol to get there and potentially it would mean I couldnt work and bill for the next day if I'd been dragged out of bed for 3 hours the night before.

But of course, these days with remote access its not so bad I guess.

[northernladuk]

Are you really asking us or is this just an oppotunitiy to have a moan about clients?

[TheFaQQer]

Are you really asking us or is this just an oppotunitiy to have a moan about clients?

opportunity

[Tasslehoff]

Are you really asking us or is this just an oppotunitiy to have a moan about clients?

Little from Column A, little from Column B I reckon

[GlenW]

>= 20% on stand-by and pro-rata when called out seems pretty fair to me.

[glippiglop]

When I used to do call-outs to client sites during a normal working day I'd charge my standard rate subject to a minimum charge of 4 hours. Nothing more complex than that, which makes it easy for the client to work into their budget. Out of hours work would be a different story though (add 50% to rate?). If you give an inch then they'll take a mile, so I wouldn't be too accommodating or you'll be on call 24/7.

[TestMangler]

Only done it once and it was a while ago (2001) when I was environment manager for an internet bank.

50% rate was the deal (of the century if you ask me !)

[psychocandy]

Serious question nluk

[Batcher]

Only done it once and it was a while ago (2001) when I was environment manager for an internet bank.

50% rate was the deal (of the century if you ask me !)

We probably worked at the same place

I was with an internet bank in 2001 and I thought the previous guy was ripping them off getting paid 3 hours (at a very good rate) just to be on-call plus normal hourly rate whatever he worked if he got called out. When he left and I was asked to take over on-call duties, the manager suggested the same for me and I just about ripped his hand off

[TestMangler]

We probably worked at the same place

I was with an internet bank in 2001 and I thought the previous guy was ripping them off getting paid 3 hours (at a very good rate) just to be on-call plus normal hourly rate whatever he worked if he got called out. When he left and I was asked to take over on-call duties, the manager suggested the same for me and I just about ripped his hand off

Entirely possible :-)

This particular one was absolutely chucking money away in 2000/2001. I left in late 2001 and they were starting to cut back on the spending a bit.

It one point, me and a mate were getting paid a pretty good rate for the hours we were working plus 50% of any hours we weren't working for being on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

We might have been in the same place. 'IF' only I could remember the name.....