Various places I've worked put certain people on-call. They were salaried but somehow paid extra for the time they were on-call. It seemed to be voluntary and the people who did it liked the extra cash.
On the other hand I had a friend at a very large and well known company. He got a job offer and was hired into one department, but he wanted to take a little time off between jobs before he started. They somehow convinced him to start saying there was a holiday coming up and he could take the time off then.
and as soon as he came in he started getting calls 1am 2am 3am etc...
so he left.
And they cajoled him back saying things were different and he finally bought it and went back.
same thing happened again, and he quit for a final time.
One part of the problem was that he was a US citizen working with a bunch of H1B visa folks and the company could get away with that sort of stuff. H1B folks will say yes sir, no sir because their dreams of living in the US are tied to keeping their job at all costs. and then the bad work culture festers.
On the other hand I had a friend at a very large and well known company. He got a job offer and was hired into one department, but he wanted to take a little time off between jobs before he started. They somehow convinced him to start saying there was a holiday coming up and he could take the time off then.
and as soon as he came in he started getting calls 1am 2am 3am etc...
so he left.
And they cajoled him back saying things were different and he finally bought it and went back.
same thing happened again, and he quit for a final time.
One part of the problem was that he was a US citizen working with a bunch of H1B visa folks and the company could get away with that sort of stuff. H1B folks will say yes sir, no sir because their dreams of living in the US are tied to keeping their job at all costs. and then the bad work culture festers.