Actually, i am on pager right now... =)
Anyway, at my company we have always been paid for carrying the pager.. Up until last year it was $15 a day for the pager and if you got callexd it was a minimum of 4 chargable hours at your normal wage.
Then the tech boom hit, and management decided to poll for the "tech industry standard" which we get now...
That is (at least for my company)
$20/8 hour shift
4 hours minimum charge on a call in via pager...
How this breaks down...
Monday-Friday: 2 shifts/day
Weekends: 3 shifts/ day
Hense on a weekly basis, that wiould be 16 shifts which is equivilent to $320 / week for carrying the pager. After taxes thats an extra 400 in my pocket. and when it goes off, the money starts rolling in ON TOP of the base pay, which you always get. so another example...
2 week time frame
base pager : 320x2 $640
7 calls(example) 7x4(minimum)x$32.50(my wage)$910
total for 2 weeks $1550 on top of my salary.
we based the new pager pay off of Nortel's page pay policy, with a few modifications, but they are essentially the same.
Good luck!
Mike
Well Jay, At least up here in Canada we don't NEED to keep and bear arms. We don't NEED to stay off the streets of our downtown cores at night. We don't NEED to fear being shot by some asshole on the freeway because he's in a pissy mood.
Seems we don't need most of the draconian measures that you fine Americans need. Since we don't feel the need to beat the shit out of / kill our neibours like you americans seem to have, seems to me that YOU have LESS freedom then us poor bastard Canadians.
Hmmmm lets weigh some pros and cons here...
PROS
====
Very little crime (Oh my GOD Ottawa just recorded it's 6th homicide on Dec 29th)...
No Drug Testing by employers
SSN/SIN protected by law
Privacy protected by law
Public health Care
Taxes are coming down
REAL BEER!
CONS
====
It's a wee bit cold up here
Beer costs too much
Taxes are still a little high
We can't bear arms without a license.
So we do have the right to keep and bear arms, as long as were licensed.
nyeah.... eh!
SO whats next for our fine frends at Mattell? Could it be... SS Barbie? Minister of Propaganda Barbie? The way this is going, soon barbie will be surrounded by dozens of other "friends", all spilling forth the "truth" and the "just cause" that they serve... That being the stranglehold on free speech on the net, and the freedom of choice one is supposed to have. I tell you this... It won't be long until the plastic overlords in their pink corvettes will be telling you what to say, where to eat and what to watch. All hail our future vinyl rulers!
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Actually, i am on pager right now... =) Anyway, at my company we have always been paid for carrying the pager.. Up until last year it was $15 a day for the pager and if you got callexd it was a minimum of 4 chargable hours at your normal wage. Then the tech boom hit, and management decided to poll for the "tech industry standard" which we get now... That is (at least for my company) $20/8 hour shift 4 hours minimum charge on a call in via pager... How this breaks down... Monday-Friday: 2 shifts/day Weekends: 3 shifts/ day Hense on a weekly basis, that wiould be 16 shifts which is equivilent to $320 / week for carrying the pager. After taxes thats an extra 400 in my pocket. and when it goes off, the money starts rolling in ON TOP of the base pay, which you always get. so another example... 2 week time frame base pager : 320x2 $640 7 calls(example) 7x4(minimum)x$32.50(my wage)$910 total for 2 weeks $1550 on top of my salary. we based the new pager pay off of Nortel's page pay policy, with a few modifications, but they are essentially the same. Good luck! Mike
Well Jay, At least up here in Canada we don't NEED to keep and bear arms. We don't NEED to stay off the streets of our downtown cores at night. We don't NEED to fear being shot by some asshole on the freeway because he's in a pissy mood. Seems we don't need most of the draconian measures that you fine Americans need. Since we don't feel the need to beat the shit out of / kill our neibours like you americans seem to have, seems to me that YOU have LESS freedom then us poor bastard Canadians. Hmmmm lets weigh some pros and cons here... PROS ==== Very little crime (Oh my GOD Ottawa just recorded it's 6th homicide on Dec 29th)... No Drug Testing by employers SSN/SIN protected by law Privacy protected by law Public health Care Taxes are coming down REAL BEER! CONS ==== It's a wee bit cold up here Beer costs too much Taxes are still a little high We can't bear arms without a license. So we do have the right to keep and bear arms, as long as were licensed. nyeah.... eh!
They're doing it for the nookie...
SO whats next for our fine frends at Mattell? Could it be... SS Barbie? Minister of Propaganda Barbie? The way this is going, soon barbie will be surrounded by dozens of other "friends", all spilling forth the "truth" and the "just cause" that they serve... That being the stranglehold on free speech on the net, and the freedom of choice one is supposed to have. I tell you this... It won't be long until the plastic overlords in their pink corvettes will be telling you what to say, where to eat and what to watch. All hail our future vinyl rulers!