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I fucking hate sleep destroying on-call. I'd rather you just euthanize me and put me out of my fucking misery.

This idiocy of comparing most dev. on calls it to doctors to on call is fucking stupid unless maybe you're in health care and lives actually might be on the line. Pretty sure a fair number of doctors wouldn't wanna be on call and would rather sleep.

It also doesn't helps that it's not in my contract, I'm not getting paid for it, and I stupidly believed HR when they said I wouldn't need to. Should've trusted the dev.s when interviewing said there is. No way I'm getting out of on call without being fired when we're all on rotation.

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    That sounds like a violation of labor laws. You might look into that. Time spent on call, whether you get called or not, it's time spent in service to your employer, and requires compensation. Absent that, your availability is not required.

    ...unless you're salaried. In which case you're screwed.
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    @bahua in the U.K. at least there is a requirement to pay extra for anti social hours too I believe
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