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This is why I started my own contracting/consulting company, I hate on call and it always gets abused. I mean, really, what's going to happen if you can't see

This is why I started my own contracting/consulting company, I hate on call and it always gets abused. I mean, really, what's going to happen if you can't see the score of a baseball game until tomorrow?

happyopossum 4y ago
> I mean, really, what's going to happen if you can't see the score of a baseball game until tomorrow? Well, nothing. Unless you’re MLB.com and have tens of millions of people paying you >$100/yr to have that information readily available. If that’s the case, you’re issuing credits (which is a huge time and money sink) and losing customers.
- geraldwhen 4y ago
  Then maybe they should pay people to be ready to fix bugs 24/7. They won’t. No one will. They want their salaried employees to also be firefighters and the premise is absurd. I don’t take calls at night; you cannot reach me. What are they gonna do, fire me? Good joke. I run interviews and staffing someone who knows their left hand from their right is nearly impossible. Leverage works wonders.
tyingq 4y ago
Bookies might care :)
lrvick 4y ago
Having been on call as a sysadmin for several companies over 15+ years, starting my own company was mainly so no one can ever demand I do this again.
askafriend 4y ago
> This is why I started my own contracting/consulting company, I hate on call and it always gets abused. Hate to break it to you, but starting your own contracting/consulting company means you are forever on-call. It just so happens that it's not called that explicitly, and the people you have to answer to are your customers (aka your bosses).
- lrvick 4y ago
  That is not true at all. I have active retainer contracts with several companies providing security engineering and support. All of them understand I am only reachable when I am physically in my home office. I get back to clients typically within one business day or I will show up to any meetings scheduled a week in advance. This has never been an issue. I do not carry a cell phone and I make sure every client knows this. If I am outside my office I am living my life.

happyopossum 4y ago

> I mean, really, what's going to happen if you can't see the score of a baseball game until tomorrow? Well, nothing. Unless you’re MLB.com and have tens of millions of people paying you >$100/yr to have that information readily available. If that’s the case, you’re issuing credits (which is a huge time and money sink) and losing customers.

geraldwhen 4y ago
Then maybe they should pay people to be ready to fix bugs 24/7. They won’t. No one will. They want their salaried employees to also be firefighters and the premise is absurd. I don’t take calls at night; you cannot reach me. What are they gonna do, fire me? Good joke. I run interviews and staffing someone who knows their left hand from their right is nearly impossible. Leverage works wonders.

tyingq 4y ago

Bookies might care :)

lrvick 4y ago

Having been on call as a sysadmin for several companies over 15+ years, starting my own company was mainly so no one can ever demand I do this again.

askafriend 4y ago

> This is why I started my own contracting/consulting company, I hate on call and it always gets abused. Hate to break it to you, but starting your own contracting/consulting company means you are forever on-call. It just so happens that it's not called that explicitly, and the people you have to answer to are your customers (aka your bosses).

lrvick 4y ago
That is not true at all. I have active retainer contracts with several companies providing security engineering and support. All of them understand I am only reachable when I am physically in my home office. I get back to clients typically within one business day or I will show up to any meetings scheduled a week in advance. This has never been an issue. I do not carry a cell phone and I make sure every client knows this. If I am outside my office I am living my life.