Burner account because I'm positive atleast a few people I work with use reddit. Genuinely interested in of anyone else would tell this employer to shove it.
I work for a giant heavy equipment company as a field service technician, been there for a few months now and was unaware of the on call rotation until about a month after I started. Our rotation for our 24hr on call schedule is every other week(between me and another tech)- Friday night to the following Friday morning. There's no incentive other then a base pay of 4 hrs on Sunday. Basically for 2 weeks out of the month I'm required to work my scheduled 8(actually tends to be on the 10-12 hrs if not more), clock out, go home and sit by my phone unpaid and pray I don't get a service call- if I get called and have to leave I obviously am paid. The other 2 weeks of the month, I am expected to work my scheduled 8(again- tends to be 10-12 on average) giving me no time to do any sort of after work obligations like getting my rent paid, doctors appts, etc. I get paid okay money, but in the same thought I'm required to give up any extracurricular activities for 26 weeks out of the year, which is a big change for me that was not explained to me until after I started. Im curious as to if this is unreasonable or I just need to suck it up. it's not like I don't want to work, I just don't find it reasonable to have such a expectation on any employee to be okay with literally no life or energy for hobbies.