fair on call payment?

[cinek]

Guys, I've been asked to do on call (if I want to). What would be a fair deal? I'm currently on a daily rate. I found a couple of old topics but most refered to hourly rates

thanks in advance

[missinggreenfields]

Life isn't fair - pick a number that you're happy with and stick with it.

If it's too much, the client won't need you to be on call. If it's not enough, then the client will be pleased and so will you.

[northernladuk]

Well bearing in mind it's gonna put you at risk of being inside IR35 I'd say a lot!!!!

[MrMarkyMark]

Well bearing in mind it's gonna put you at risk of being inside IR35 I'd say a lot!!!!

That could very much depend. It is possible to be on call during a go live or major maintenance side of things e.g. upgrades.

And very profitable it can be too, someone once paid me a very nice £1200 for a Saturday, where I sat with a phone on speaker and a bottle of single malt surfing the web.

I think I spoke twice

[cinek]

Well bearing in mind it's gonna put you at risk of being inside IR35 I'd say a lot!!!!

I didn't know that ;/ might have to reconsider then

[MrMarkyMark]

I didn't know that ;/ might have to reconsider then

Well, we cant advise any further without details.

[cinek]

Well, we cant advise any further without details.

there's no go live or anything like that, they need few more people to be on call to spread it out a bit as currenty only 1 person is doing it

[MrMarkyMark]

there's no go live or anything like that, they need few more people to be on call to spread it out a bit as currenty there's only 1 person

OK, <<places tooth in cup>> got anything else for us to work with, type of work done, whether these other on call people are perms etc.
You may have a better argument if you are a product specialist, and / or its for a stated, contracted, limited time, for example

[cinek]

OK, <<places tooth in cup>> got anything else for us to work with, type of work done, whether these other on call people are perms etc.
You may have a better argument if you are a product specialist, and / or its for a stated, contracted, limited time, for example

the other guy is perm. I'm not a specialist. It would be for major escallations only as we're responsible for the infrastructure. It'll most likely be for the duration of the contract however there's no mention of being on call in the contract

[MrMarkyMark]

the other guy is perm. I'm not a specialist. It would be for major escallations only as we're responsible for the infrastructure. It'll most likely be for the duration of the contract however there's no mention of being on call in the contract

Looks like you are shafted then.........although you could choose to take the risk.

The situation I was describing I was the lead, for that particular technology and project, onsite.
It wasn't in the contract specifically, but it was for such a limited time and for a particular, warranty type, circumstance, rather than BAU.
Therefore, not really an issue.