Weekend/On-Call Work - How Much?

[mikeyboy]

I would just add if its likely to involve a lot of "all nighters" as my role does, you may need to consider how it will impact on your personal life. Things like sleeping during the day, not going out at weekends, family commitments etc, etc can be hard to adapt to.

Totally agree. I've provided out of hours support before when I was a Permie. So I know the score there. There are 7 people participating in the rota so it shouldn't get too hectic.

[kanulondon]

WTS!

At my org, OOH support rates vary from 1.5 to 3

It gets more dear after 10pm. Probably easier to stick to x2 and be done with it.

OOH can be very debilitating if you don't plan for it properly

KL

[TykeMerc]

Not had this issue much in recent years, but in the past I've agreed to double rate and time charged "working from home" which amounts to time off in lieu.

It's not too tricky to reach an agreement.

[DogTown]

At the moment the permies in our office also provide on-call support. Frequently coming in weekends and out of normal hours.
I expressed an interest in taking part. Not with financial gain in-mind (honest) but more to try and improve the atmosphere in the office as this contributes to a "them and us" situation.
Manager came back to me today and asked me if I am still keen. I am, but how should I bill them. Normal rate/double time/time off in lieu. What is the consensus here?

I was in a similar position 6 months ago, though more because there was some "interesting" things going on out of hours. As Blacjac said I asked what the permies got, and that ranged from 1.3x to 3.0x hourly rate depending on time of day, and day of week. That sounded far to complicated for me so offered 2.0x hourly rate for anything out of my contracted hours and that was instantly accepted.

I would just add if its likely to involve a lot of "all nighters" as my role does, you may need to consider how it will impact on your personal life. Things like sleeping during the day, not going out at weekends, family commitments etc, etc can be hard to adapt to.

HTH

[mikeyboy]

They just take time-off in lieu.

[blacjac]

At the moment the permies in our office also provide on-call support. Frequently coming in weekends and out of normal hours.
I expressed an interest in taking part. Not with financial gain in-mind (honest) but more to try and improve the atmosphere in the office as this contributes to a "them and us" situation.
Manager came back to me today and asked me if I am still keen. I am, but how should I bill them. Normal rate/double time/time off in lieu. What is the consensus here?

If it's genuinely not a money making excercise, then ask the permies what deal they get and apply the same to your contract.

[mikeyboy]

At the moment the permies in our office also provide on-call support. Frequently coming in weekends and out of normal hours.
I expressed an interest in taking part. Not with financial gain in-mind (honest) but more to try and improve the atmosphere in the office as this contributes to a "them and us" situation.
Manager came back to me today and asked me if I am still keen. I am, but how should I bill them. Normal rate/double time/time off in lieu. What is the consensus here?