[geeks] What do you get paid for wearing a pager?

[Joost van de Griek]

On 9/25/06 3:47 AM, Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:

> I have a client that wants to pay me a retainer fee for wearing a pager
> from 7AM to 7PM, Monday thru Friday.
> 
> Then they want to pay an hourly rate for any work I do for them (usual
> sysadmin stuff, plus of course fixing whatever the problem was that
> they actually page me for).
> 
> Kicker:  I need to respond within 15 minutes of a page.
> 
> I have done lots of sysadmin work, but really do not quite understand
> how to price the "wear pager and respond in 15 minutes" work.
> 
> What are *your* experiences or ideas?

50% for being on-call, 150-200% for coming in outside office hours. If they
think it's important, they'll gladly pay you for sitting at home with a
pager. And you will need to drive home that you aren't free during those
hours; you can't go visit grampa, you can't go fishing, get drunk, you name
it. So they're gonna have to compensate you for that.

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