Originally Posted by spidercyclist
I'm on call a lot. Sometimes I'm on call 24/7. Sometimes I even take call for other departments that I really shouldn't. I've been doing the call thing for about 5 years now. It's one of the biggest downsides of my job. They even try to call me when I'm not on call. One thing is I only live 3 miles from work. I can be there in 10 to 15 minutes. By car it takes me, in city traffic, at least 8 minutes to get to work. Thank goodness I can handle most of the emergencies over the phone. I wish there were more people to take the call but in my position a lot of the other managers shirk off their call. At least I get to ride to work if I have to come in. I guess there's good and bad in every job. Have a good night.
Spider,
Your situation sounds a lot like mine. Let me guess. 24/7 Industrial Production facility. Union shop, which means sometimes the qualified experienced Technicians are working, and sometimes it's the rookies.
You're salaried, and an expert in the control system architecture and software. Probably PLC expertise. Not IS, otherwise you'd be able to solve the problem from home like a number of the other Posters. Close?