Buddy of mine is facing #1 right now, except he "carries the beeper" 24x7x365. His company refuses to get him any backup. And the beeper goes off pretty much EVERY night. Not kidding. His wife is not the least bit happy; even though 95% of it is phone support. Can't blame her for that.
I'm a consultant and technically #1 is my answer - but I don't get called that often after hours and when I do I tend to pass it off to one of my employees who would answer #5. We're pretty generous with the flex time. -Ben- Ben M. Schorr, MVP Roland Schorr & Tower http://www.rolandschorr.com <http://www.rolandschorr.com/> http://www.officeforlawyers.com <http://www.officeforlawyers.com/onenote.htm> Author - The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2007: http://tinyurl.com/5m3f5q From: Durf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 5:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: After-hours work 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. :) -- Durf -- -------------- Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man, and he'll eat for weeks! ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
