Damm Carl, hoping you're not an "exempt" (salaried) worker...
When I started my current job, they gave us 4 hours OT (1.5X) per week to carry call. Then around midsummer of 2020 they slashed Monday (gave it to us off) and reduced our on-call pay to 2 hours.
If no [after hours] calls came in you basically wasted an entire week (24/7) and had the luxury of a 35 hour check as opposed to a full 40. But... it was pandemic time, millions were being laid off weekly and we were just grateful to have a job...
Then in September, they put us on a new timesheet system, we now get one hour of OT per DAY, (7 hours total). I was shocked....and wondered if the powers that be found a hidden money tree.... We still get the prior Monday off, but it's a reasonable trade off now... the weekend prior to on call is now a three day weekend, and the OT pay for carrying call means will be to the good about an hour or so (41.5...ish) plus whatever calls may come in... so right now... life is
good reasonable (knock on wood).
It's all still better than my last job, the pay period went from Saturday Morning to Friday night, and we took call Saturday Morning... so anything that came in over the weekend, they expected us to cut the time later during the week... though many of us (myself included) always found a way to make sure machines were "contrary enough" to justify keeping our OT...
Whoops.... yeah uh... "the bolt stripped off... that's why this call took 4 extra hours... uh-huh...."
One of the nice things about working in "in house" maintenance was you could pull stunts like that and not feel like you're screwing anyone... you're just keeping what's rightfully yours! (The OT)
Oh... and the last gig didn't pay anything for carrying call....
Anyway, about a month ago, we had an "incident" that ultimately had me working the entire department solo for about half a week, and during the other half, my only help was a new hire...
That's right, yours truly, Moon Shadow, held down the fort... I worked my ass off that week, averaging 12-14 hour days. But damn... I pulled in almost $1,000 extra in OT that pay period (cleared)... first real OT of the year.... and it was a real financial shot in the arm....
Sure came in handy since those politicians never came through on another stim....
All the better anyway... that money felt better in my pocket, knowing I earned it the right way and that it wasn't some political carrot...
As much as I rant about having to work, I sure am grateful to be employed during this mess. So far, they've really went the extra mile for us employees. It's not what I expected from a major global employer. It's nice to know there are still good companies out there.
I could stay here until retirement... but make no mistake... I STILL WANT TO RETIRE SOMEDAY...!