Try $250+.  :)

The argument we've been given before against extra compensation is that "we
don't want to encourage you to work after hours."   And, admittedly, this
has led *me* at least to rely more heavily on techniques like Jeff
Middleton's Swing migration that can be largely performed during working
hours with minimal downtime.

-- Durf

On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 5:36 PM, Matt Plahtinsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

> # 1.  Just got out of the consulting business.  We were suppose to get
> payed overtime but we never saw that or were ever offered flex time.
>
> If your consulting and your employer can charge 125.00+ an hour for your
> work for calls in the middle of the night and on weekends I think that you
> as an employee should get a cut of that.
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> Matt
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> On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 3:21 PM, Tim Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>>  We have a nice setup here – we get our pick between #4 (paid quarterly)
>> or #5 (Onsite IT, private industry)
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>> …Tim
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>> *From:* Durf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> *Sent:* Saturday, August 16, 2008 8:07 AM
>> *To:* NT System Admin Issues
>> *Subject:* After-hours work
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>> Hey all,
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>> 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.
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>> 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
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>> Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day.
>> Give a fish a man, and he'll eat for weeks!
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