Well, here at work, I carry a pager.  So I am basically on call 24/7.  But 
if I am paged and required to do something, even explain to the person on 
the other line how to repair something, then I am paid for that.

At least 4 hours of OT, even if you just call me.

At 08:30 AM 10/25/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>How important is your personal time to you? How many calls do they foresee
>you answering after hours? It all depends. I know some people who are on
>call and are never called, then again they are not compensated for being on
>call either. I know someone else who is compensated an extra 5K a year for
>being on call. He's called at least once a week, sometimes twice. Is it
>worth the 5K, for me it wouldn't be. The firm I consult with does everything
>based on maintenance contract. If the contract doesn't't cover after hours
>support we charge $300/hr. You would be "surprised" to see how quickly
>someone realizes a print job can wait until the next morning when they have
>to pay 300 bones, otherwise you would have been stuck going in simply to
>adjust a printer tray.
>
>
>
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>Smith-Rapaport
>Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 8:22 AM
>To: NT 2000 Discussions
>Subject: on call 24hrs
>
>
>Just had a question for you guys out there, consultants and/or full timers
>on how much it is worth to be on call.
>How much do you guys charge for carrying around a cell phone out of work
>and/or a beeper or something like that?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Avi
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