IT on call - What does everyone get paid

[Dunks]

I was going to say the same. If it's law, they do.

They have to back date it. We got a decent payout which was calculated on the overtime we've done, even though we also got paid for overtime.

 

[builder22]

is being on call the same as doing scheduled/regular overtime?

can you refuse to be on call or is it part of the contract?

plenty jobs where you'd be on a straight ~40hr contract but expected/scheduled to do x amount of overtime every week

 

[Pawnless Endgame]

I also got stitched up the vast majority of major holidays (see Christmas) as i was the only member on the team without kids. But obviously prices went up around holidays. (2x call out, increase of on call money - but wasn't a huge amount extra - can't recall figures)

Not call-outs, but still IT: I was expected to be more flexible because I was the only member of the IT department without kids. For me, it was genetic - 50% chance of passing my disabilities onto my children. So this irked me due to the fact that I was made to work extra hours through no fault of my own. There was also a bullying culture. On the plus side, the firm eventually went bust

 

[Mike9000]

Used to get something like £30 per 8 hour shift, so £60 per night weekdays. Weekend shift was a little more, again 8 hour shifts. 1.5 per hour weeknight and 2x Sat and Sunday. Not done on call for years though.

 

[Rotty]

is being on call the same as doing scheduled/regular overtime?

can you refuse to be on call or is it part of the contract?

plenty jobs where you'd be on a straight ~40hr contract but expected/scheduled to do x amount of overtime every week

generally its not optional

 

[Michael Myers]

£402 a week for 3rd line on call here, plus overtime for any calls

 

[Snaggle]

£100 per call .. £40 per day standby and £15 an hour travel for 1 in 5 . 2x on BH and 1.5 after 11pm

 

[Illusion]

Works about an extra 20k a year every 4 weeks.

£1666 for a week of on call? You must be on an outrageous salary?

I haven’t done on call for about 4 years now but when I did it was just under £500 per week flat rate, 1 in 3 to 4 weeks depending on staffing levels

 

[NVP]

It's every three weeks now for the least couple of years since we lost a man. Used to be 6 of us who kept it from deployment days, BAU didn't want it - permies suck - so we kept it with us. Easy money.

 

[Parky]

Mine is 1/5 of my overtime rate per hour, split into both day and night rates (1.2 & 1.35 I think), with callouts being the full overtime amount. Usually every 5-6 weeks with callouts being pretty rare these days.

Normally works out around an extra £300 or so for the week for essentially nothing. In the odd occasion I have been called out its been for a good couple of hours (longest so far is 19 hour) so still worth it.

 

[Hilly]

Not call-outs, but still IT: I was expected to be more flexible because I was the only member of the IT department without kids. For me, it was genetic - 50% chance of passing my disabilities onto my children. So this irked me due to the fact that I was made to work extra hours through no fault of my own. There was also a bullying culture. On the plus side, the firm eventually went bust

Every cloud eh?

But like I said; for me it was basically free money. For OP it sounds a lot different

 

[Django x2]

On call? Must be basic 3rd line at best. Get a better job. If my phone even makes a sound out of hours its 4x hourly rate with a min 2 hours charged

 

[ubern00b]

On call? Must be basic 3rd line at best. Get a better job. If my phone even makes a sound out of hours its 4x hourly rate with a min 2 hours charged

Comments like these are so elitist. You're on a good thing, well done to you. Everyone has different circumstances, skill levels etc and saying what you just did, well, there isn't any need really.

 

[FoxEye]

Works about an extra 20k a year every 4 weeks.

Wow. What the heck do you do (in IT) to earn that much in 4 weeks of being on-call?

That's silly money.

 

[NVP]

I'm the office eye candy x

 

[FoxEye]

Seriously tho? 20k in 4 weeks of on call bonuses? What do you do?

Don't need details like who you work for. Just what type of work!

 

[NVP]

Edit: I'm sure you've read that by now

 

[cyber69]

£350 for the week standby plus callout at x1.5 and entitled to 11hrs downtime/sleep once get home from a callout.

It’s okay but the amount has never changed in at least the last 10 years meaning people where on a good screw years ago but not so good now.

 

[FoxEye]

Edit: I'm sure you've read that by now

Yup. Very interesting to know that some of our members work for the Illuminati. Your secret is safe with me, tho.

 

[dowie]

Wow. What the heck do you do (in IT) to earn that much in 4 weeks of being on-call?

That's silly money.

He's a contractor, he mentioned permies and has the IR35 thread elsewhere.

You can end up getting some very hefty daily rates, especially at banks. Standard is like 500-600 a day for application support/BA/Dev roles, get some specialist skills/knowledge and that can increase substantially.

Then consider that some places might offer say double time for coming to provide coverage on a bank holiday or to come in on a weekend for a go live and you're into billing some very large amounts for not doing much work but rather simply being available if the team needs to ask a question or needs your assistance with something.