So how do you handle the guys on call over a weekend? They may not get dispatched, but they are the tech responsible for responding in case of an outage, thus avoiding management having to hunt someone down on a sat. nite to work an outage. c
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Scrivner Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 11:33 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] on call staff I prefer to speak for myself regarding MVN policy on overtime since I run the company. We do not work our salaried staff like sled dogs regardless of the way Dave may have been misunderstood in his message. Dave did include a smiley face which was supposed to indicate he was joking. I have never told staff that they have to work more than 40 hours per week without compensation. I have told them that as a salary worker they are to make sure the job is done at all times regarding their position. Only professional level staff are on salary. They are not required to maintain a daily log of their time. They can and are encouraged to come and go as they please to handle their personal and work lives. If they work a long day I would expect them to take the next day off or leave early, etc. This is called "comp" time and is a legitimate way of handling settlement of extra work hours. I know that my staff understands this. My labor intensive techs work by the hour. They get paid time and a half for anything over 40 hours per week. They get paid sick time. They get paid personal days. They get paid vacations. They get paid holidays. They get bonuses. Just setting the record straight here. Scriv Faisal Imtiaz wrote: >" Put 'em on salary, that way you can work them as much as you want without >guilt. ;) " > >That would be incorrect big-time..... Check you local labor laws. > >Most states, just because someone is on 'Salary' does not automatically make >them in-eligible for over-time pay. > >Keep your life simple, and your moral & principles intact for the long run. >A work week is 40Hr, when someone works more than that, the need to paid >Overtime pay. >There are other ways to deal with 'spike' in work time durations, Comp-time, >variable schedule etc. > >The bigger issue in reality is .... How not to overburden and Burnout your >after hours person ! >These folks are a lot harder to find, if and when you loose such a person, >you would be paying a very heavy personal price for it.... > > >Faisal Imtiaz >SnappyDSL.net > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >Behalf Of David E. Smith >Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 10:16 AM >To: WISPA General List >Subject: Re: [WISPA] on call staff > >chris cooper wrote: > > >>How do the rest of you compensate tech staff for on call duties? We >>have an on call tech that monitors network remotely throughout weekend >>and is responsible for rolling to tower/major customer in case of outage. >> >> > >Put 'em on salary, that way you can work them as much as you want without >guilt. ;) > >I'm not a tower climber, but I'm the one on-call pretty much all the time. >In the event of a big problem, I'll usually triage it (drive to the tower, >see if it's just a power outage or something else I can't easily fix), and >if it's something for which we need the tower guy, I call him (and he gets >normal overtime pay). > >David Smith >MVN.net >-- >WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > >Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.1/527 - Release Date: 11/9/2006 -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
