Call out standby pay

[RedSpark]

Hi all.
Just wondering if any of you do emergency call out. I work for a large housing association and the pay rate for out of hours seems a bit poor.

We get £4.66 an hour which includes all work and travel. Same rate applies for weekends. 1.5x for bank holidays and 2x for xmas day.

Is this the going rate or are we being shafted?

Cheers.

 

[telectrix]

you're being shafted.

 

[RedSpark]

you're being shafted.

I thought so..
The hours do add up as we do 118 of them in a typical week, but i can't help but think we should be on way more.

No idea of the going rates but earning £223 for covering 24 hours on xmas day seems pathetic. Haha.

 

[buzzlightyear]

Is the work in India working on shanty town.lol.

 

[Baddegg]

I thought so..
The hours do add up as we do 118 of them in a typical week, but i can't help but think we should be on way more.

No idea of the going rates but earning £223 for covering 24 hours on xmas day seems pathetic. Haha.

Don’t do it then

 

[RedSpark]

Don’t do it then

That's probably gona be the outcome, but i don't want to go quietly.

 

[UNG]

OP you must be desperate for a job to work for those rates or is the £4.66 on top of your normal rate as £4.66 would be well under the minimum wage

 

[Charlie_]

You would be better off saving all your off cuts through the year and weighing them in

 

[RedSpark]

OP you must be desperate for a job to work for those rates or is the £4.66 on top of your normal rate as £4.66 would be well under the minimum wage

We get our day salary for 7.5 hours, (decent rate 2bh) then the 4.66 for the remaining 14 hours on standby.

 

[Dustydazzler]

From my experience typical stand-by rate is about £5 p/h

So 4.66 is in the correct ball park