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only way to get out of "on call" is to be a f___ up or a f___ off around here

Originally Posted by jmsmars1

Our company has 2 techs and we swap weeks, go from Monday morning to Monday morning. Today was my first day on call this week. Got 13 hours in.

I'm the maintenance supervisor at a series of college apartments, only one with hvacr so guess what? 24/7 on call. Thought "supervisor" was going to be an upgrade...

Originally Posted by caddy

There comes a point where too many hours won't be such a good paycheck for u, but uncle sams cut will be .

he got me for $700 last pay check

Originally Posted by 11crv

How easy is it to ask another technto switch on call with you? Our shop, with the exception of me and one other tech, is like pulling teeth. We have a great shop but i feel it can be very selfish at times. Its funny though because when those other guy call me i already know what they are calling for. But if i call them they have there entire year already planned.

It will probably cost you. I think at the last shop I worked at it was 150% of the gross amount for being on call. So if standby pay just for being on call was $120, it would cost you $180 to trade for the week with whoever was willing to accept. Peak of the summer it was anything goes.

Originally Posted by 11crv

How easy is it to ask another technto switch on call with you? Our shop, with the exception of me and one other tech, is like pulling teeth. We have a great shop but i feel it can be very selfish at times. Its funny though because when those other guy call me i already know what they are calling for. But if i call them they have there entire year already planned.

There is one guy that I trade with once in a while, its usually no big deal. As far as the others its worse than pulling teeth.

I was on-call every other week because we had 2 techs. The other one up and quit last Wednesday and I am now on call for the foreseeable future. I hope we get some help soon. Every other week was bad enough.

How easy is it to ask another technto switch on call with you? Our shop, with the exception of me and one other tech, is like pulling teeth. We have a great shop but i feel it can be very selfish at times. Its funny though because when those other guy call me i already know what they are calling for. But if i call them they have there entire year already planned.

Every third day and weekend. was running every other day and weekend when we only had two techs.

I worked at company for 26 years. It was just me and the boss. Luckily, I was only on call every other week from Friday after work to Monday morning. When the boss went on vacation or needed time off, I was it. So, overall, it wasn't too bad.

Then, for a year, I went to work for a burger chain. I was on call every 5 weeks for a week at a time. The restaurants are open 24/7/365, so I would get called out at all hours of the day and night, and would still be expected to work my normal hours during the day. Not only did I do the A/C and refrigeration, we were responsible for everything in the restaurant including fryers, grills, bun toasters, hot wells, soda dispensing equipment (Multiplex), lighting, plumbing, painting, etc. You name it, we worked on it. The pay was great, but the job sucked. I quit.

Now, I work for a school district taking care of five kitchens. I still take care of everything in the kitchen, but it's nothing compared to the burger chain. I'm on call every 10 weeks, which consists only going in if there is an emergency of some kind, which isn't very often. We get comp time for carrying the phone and comp time for drive time and actual time we're on campus. I wish I had found this job 25 years ago.

On second thought, I'm not gonna touch that post.

Originally Posted by seawood

The clown that dose are on call thinks it so rought be on call for a week so now we are om 1 day then off for 4 what a joke started looking for a new job

Yes, I see what yo......huh?!?!

The clown that dose are on call thinks it so rought be on call for a week so now we are om 1 day then off for 4 what a joke started looking for a new job

Originally Posted by maxster

you have the female in service who tells you don't plan anything the weekend is going to be a scorcher...

I used to hate those, the "be ready to be on call but dont expect on call pay" weekends until i realized they were the best times to go to atlantic city.

after introducing yourself at an interview... first question is how often do i get the watch /night service,and how much do you pay to mentally be on stand by????..that sets the tone for the reset of the interview...

Whichever guy likes drinking beer more than he likes the 200 bucks he's gonna give me to take his!

I think my record for a hot weekend is about 15 calls,mostly computer rooms.

techs always fight the watch and whine it up....everytime it comes around...then you have the female in service who tells you don't plan anything the weekend is going to be a scorcher....if I wlak in on anything I never work on I get the work invoice from the last brain surgeon on it then call the SM....."hey do you want me on this thing"or get fred out who was here Friday...love it..works everytime.if I stay there it locks me up from taking other calls and the SM is the whippn' post..for the weekend...

OK,Eau De Toilette! I stand corrected! Selling men's Eau De Toilette to other men.A good job for a primadonna tech. Who does not want to be on call!

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Originally Posted by jmiles

Just wondering what kind of positions in this industry do not have to be on call?[/QUOTE Selling Perfume to the male customers!

how bout selling perfumes to female customers? males dont buy perfumes, would be like selling ice to the Eskimos

I've been on call for seven years. Compensated time and a half for hours billed. Given a hard time anytime I try to go away for a weekend or take a day off scheduled. Wouldnt mind so much but some time must be my own the company doesn't own me and since I tell them to shove off when push comes to shove and they keep me guess I'm doing something right