On 16 Aug 2008 at 11:07, Durf wrote: > > Hey all, > > Taking a little informal poll about compensation for after hours / > weekend works. This is mostly geared at consultants, so if you're an > onsite IT guy, please indicate. > > ---- > If you work after-hours on-call, or are expected to carry the beeper, > how are you compensated? > > 1. None, just man up and be an IT cowboy and glad you have a job. > 2. Flat fee for being on-call. > 3. Overtime or time-and-a-half bonus for hours actually worked. > 4. Straight hourly at my normal rate > 5. Flex time - no extra compentation, but I come in late the next day / > take a day off later in the week. > > Thanks all. Yes, I'm on the beeper this weekend (OK, there's no actual > beeper) so it's on my mind. :)
I'm a consultant, working for myself (not a "cnosultant" employee of a large consulting shop). My office voicemail pages my cell phone so I am on-call all the time already. I charge time-and-a-quarter for any work evenings and weekends. Several of my clients are golf courses and often need support "right now" on weekends; seems fair to them to charge extra if I have to take time away from family stuff, and it means they only call on the weekend when they really need support. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
