My company ran one of those polls and determined that the average for telecom workers was 8 times the base hourly wage. Actually having to work after hours on issues are highly likely and we'll work from 2 to 20 hours extra when on-call. Each person is on-call about every six weeks.
We get paid 8 hours extra (based on normal not OT hours) and a minimum of 4 hours for the first call out and minimum of 2 hours on subsequent calls. We have to respond within about 15 minutes to a page with a phone call and stay within an hour's distance from our area of responsibility that week. My coworkers and I consider it adequate compensation.
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My company ran one of those polls and determined that the average for telecom workers was 8 times the base hourly wage. Actually having to work after hours on issues are highly likely and we'll work from 2 to 20 hours extra when on-call. Each person is on-call about every six weeks.
We get paid 8 hours extra (based on normal not OT hours) and a minimum of 4 hours for the first call out and minimum of 2 hours on subsequent calls. We have to respond within about 15 minutes to a page with a phone call and stay within an hour's distance from our area of responsibility that week. My coworkers and I consider it adequate compensation.