Firstly, I wasn't too sure where to post this thread so I hope this is the best place.
I work for a company in the UK and am based in London. My team deal mainly with second and some third line support. We officially work from 0900 - 1730, Mon-Fri and get single time if we have to work after 1900 during the week, time and a half if we work on Saturday and double for Sundays.
My company are now proposing a change in our contracts. We will be expected to be on call, 24x7, every third week and will be provided with a company mobile (for business use only) to facilitate this. In order to compensate us, we are being offered the following (regardless of grade and location in the UK):
Overtime at 1.5x Mon-Fri (instead of 1x)
Overtime starts at 1800 (instead of 1900)
GBP1,500 per year extra salary
The company don't envisage a large number of callouts (but reality might be another story), perhaps two or three per year where we have to get up and go into the office. Even so, do you think GBP1,500 a year + overtime is enough? I don't want to sound greedy but I like my sleep and I know of one other company where the employees get GBP4,200 extra for being on call. Can anyone offer an opinion or tell me of their experiences?
I work for a company in the UK and am based in London. My team deal mainly with second and some third line support. We officially work from 0900 - 1730, Mon-Fri and get single time if we have to work after 1900 during the week, time and a half if we work on Saturday and double for Sundays.
My company are now proposing a change in our contracts. We will be expected to be on call, 24x7, every third week and will be provided with a company mobile (for business use only) to facilitate this. In order to compensate us, we are being offered the following (regardless of grade and location in the UK):
Overtime at 1.5x Mon-Fri (instead of 1x)
Overtime starts at 1800 (instead of 1900)
GBP1,500 per year extra salary
The company don't envisage a large number of callouts (but reality might be another story), perhaps two or three per year where we have to get up and go into the office. Even so, do you think GBP1,500 a year + overtime is enough? I don't want to sound greedy but I like my sleep and I know of one other company where the employees get GBP4,200 extra for being on call. Can anyone offer an opinion or tell me of their experiences?