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  1. 12-20-2008, 11:54 AM #1
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    On Call

    The Company I work for came up with a new on call rotation which I think sucks we do mostly oil the rotation they came up with is 2 guys on call 2areas ,well 1 one guy has Monday and Tuesday off the Wed,Thurs,Fri.8 to 5,Sat and Sun covering both areas from 8 to 4 covering both areas,The other guy comes in at 3pm to 11pm Mon thru Fri and Sat and Sun From 4 till covering normal areas,Is there any other companies doing this?
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  2. 12-23-2008, 01:57 AM #2
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    Sounds messed up. I'm on call 24/7 365 so I guess your situation could be worse.
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  3. 12-23-2008, 03:56 AM #3
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    where I work we do 1 week on and 1 week off. since the "on-call" guy gets a $75.00 spiff for each week of on call duty I usually do 4 weeks on and 1 week off.
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    Spiffs? Spiffs? Yeah right. Its a privledge to be on call! No spiffs zone! You gotta be kidding me? If I had gotten SPIFFS for being on call I woulda raked in the cash this year!
    Heck I get called when they cant find the on call guy! Spiffs! What the heck! Spiffs!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bubbleheadski View Post
    Spiffs? Spiffs? Yeah right. Its a privledge to be on call! No spiffs zone! You gotta be kidding me? If I had gotten SPIFFS for being on call I woulda raked in the cash this year!
    Heck I get called when they cant find the on call guy! Spiffs! What the heck! Spiffs!
    Bah!
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    Sounds like me. Officially, I'm on call 1 week and off 2. Sometimes, they call me to find out who is supposed to be on call.

    Never got a bonus just for being on call, just OT.

    Still rake the cash in the summer.
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  6. 12-24-2008, 07:52 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by volt View Post
    Sounds messed up. I'm on call 24/7 365 so I guess your situation could be worse.
    I'm with you there, 24/7. I do get xtra cash for all the on call though.
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  7. 12-25-2008, 02:47 AM #7
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    Did the person who came up with that hopelessly complicated formula used to work for the government?
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  8. 12-26-2008, 08:32 PM #8
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    Our guys are on 1 week/3 off, with 4 hrs. of regular time guarenteed. Whoever made that system up is just making it more complicated..if you ask me.
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  9. 12-26-2008, 11:43 PM #9
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    On Call

    I know,Just wish some one was hiring right now I think it's time to move on.
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  10. 12-28-2008, 11:41 AM #10
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    on call

    Well , we do 2wks on and 8 wks off with 50bucks per wknd plus the ot .
    unless you are me the svs mgr and are on back up 24/7/365 and do your 2wks also
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