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    Default RAEG at MYSELF!

    STUPID, STUPID ME!

    I made plans for the weekend thinking it would be a FUN THREE DAY WEEKEND BUT NO!

    I AM ON CALL

    I forgot all about saying I'd be on call for this holiday. WHY??? WHYYYYYYYY?

    I am raeging and angry.


    LOOK OUT WORLD I AM EXTRA BITCHY CUNTY TODAY

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    I would offer a hug but you'd surely tear me into very small pieces.

    *Tosses cookie through cage bars.*
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    That bites. Being on call is sorta a drag if there is even a moderate chance you're going to get called in. Do they at least pay you extra for being on call?

    I'm serving on a federal jury for a couple of months and yet still have to work Mondays ( trial meets Tues - Fri ), including this Labor Day. But I really don't mind this week - I'll be making double time and a half for working the holiday .

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    Honestly, I can't complain. I get paid $4.50 an hour for just sitting here if I don't get called. I get time and a half if I have to actually work.

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    Well, money is good! Not being able to enjoy your plans, not so much.
    So now they are just dirt-covered English people in fur pelts with credit cards.

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    Quote Originally posted by Sleeps w/Butterflies View post
    Honestly, I can't complain. I get paid $4.50 an hour for just sitting here if I don't get called. I get time and a half if I have to actually work.
    Hang on? They give you $4.50 per hr for doing nothing but being ready to drop everything, but if you get called out they give you an extra $2.25? That means they value your presence away from work more than your actual time working.

    Tell them, if you have to work, you want at least as much for working, as you get for when you are sat at home twiddling with your hair.
    Last edited by ivan astikov; 10 Sep 2009 at 08:36 AM.

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    Oops, sorry Ivan. I get 4.50 per hour for doing nothing but being ready to drop everything. I have no idea how they came up with that dollar amount, just the going rate I guess.

    If I get called to work I my normal salary plus 50% for each hour I work.

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    Not too bad, to be paid to be on call, but I understand your rage...sometimes you just want to be free of even thinking about work. I have to keep track of work stuff a lot of times when I'm on vacation. I don't usually have to actually do anything, but just be sure that progress is being made on stuff while I'm gone. The times when I don't have to do that are like heaven.

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    I haven't had a vacation free of being on call for about six years.

    I didn't really think about it being a drag, but it is.

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    Boooo! Julie needs to be on vacation RFN!

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