On call?

[Edward Glowacki]

Do you really *want* an electronic teather?  Granted, it allows you
mobility, but it still means that it's trivial to have a computer buzz you
at 3am to say, "HI there Ben, I'm not working right now, please come help
me!" ;)

-- 
Edward Glowacki			glowack2@msu.edu
Network Services		
Michigan State University	

On 13 Mar 2000, Ben Pfaff wrote:

> Anyone here ever work on an on-call basis?  What are your
> positive and negative feelings about it?  I've been asked whether
> I'd be willing to do on-call admin work for a campus computer
> lab[1].
> 
> What's the usual pay rate for on-call hours?  I'm thinking about
> asking for 25%; is that high, low, or reasonable?
> 
> I'm also thinking about insisting that they get me a pager.
> Being tethered to a particular location doesn't sound like a
> great idea to me.
> 
> Comments?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ben.
> 
> [1] Yes, the same one that I rant about here on a regular
> basis.[2]
> 
> [2] Yes, I'm considering refusing outright.
> 
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