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On-Call Compensation (or lack of)
I can't do it permanently, it is not viable in the current setup, nor would I want to do it more than once a month. If you have self-respect, and respect your own time, then in my position you wouldn't be doing that. Also, as mentioned, we have a minimal number of people, and operate a rota...- NetworkEngineer
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We do have a NOC, so they do some, often crap, attempts at looking at a problem. Depends on the quality of person on shift. The NOC escalate cases to the on duty engineer, who 99% of the time will solve the case, or know what to do and which 3rd parties to contact to initiate resolution...- NetworkEngineer
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Hi MrRobin. Regardless of the time of the call, nothing extra is paid. We have been told we can come in later in the morning, but this time would not equal the time we worked during the night. ie: work 3 hours in the midnight hours, expected in the office at 10am rather than 9am. If...- NetworkEngineer
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Some of these responses aren't helpful; I'm not a junior. I'm a senior on £47k, so I don't see how, in what world, £500 plus nothing else is fine. For a 24/7 interational network criticial environment, I don't see how £500 can be seen as enough, personally. In addition, everybody, regardless...- NetworkEngineer
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The OP (me) is indeed no longer a contractor, for now. Company provide mobile phone, data-card, and home broadband if required. These are necessary to do the day to day job though, so I do not see these as a benefit. Mobile data is still mostly 2G GSM in my area, and if you have ever tried to...- NetworkEngineer
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Hi Cojak, I am to participate once every four or five weeks in the rota system, so it is sustainable, but only for the right amount of money. £500 is not enough in my opinion relative to my current salary.- NetworkEngineer
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That's exactly my point, it is not easy to get hold of this information. What are example daily rates? You know my salary, as posted above, is there a formula commonly used? I am permanent, and I do not feel providing a contracting-style formula that I found in an old forum post will be...- NetworkEngineer
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I am only concerned with the money that appears in my bank account at the end of the month, not the pre-tax salary. A 30 minute response time, that means the customer wants an actual verbal response as to the possible cause of the problem, basically says: stay at home for 7 days. I work in a...- NetworkEngineer
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Apologies for the confusion; The permanent job will continue as normal, and they are asking us to participate in an on-call rota. Once every month, for one week (full 7 days) we will be paid, for that single week, an additional £500 onto our pay. So, effectively, within the rota I will earn an...- NetworkEngineer
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Hello ladies and gents... I left contracting over a year ago to enter a permanent job, as the contracting market in my sector was dying a slow, painful death. I am classed as 'senior', whatever that may mean, pay 40% tax and earn £47k, and have recently been offered an on-call position within...- NetworkEngineer
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