tell me if this is ridiculous

[undeterred]

I am a contractor doing a database/helpdesk assignment. I've been there 7 weeks and this is my 2nd week on call. I've been asking about the oncall schedule (there are only 2 other people that I rotate with) for over a month but they only tell me a few days before. This morning I got the schedule for the rest of the year and guess what, I am on call 24/7 for Dec 23-30th.

I can only bill for hours actually worked. There are only 2 days the company is open during those 7 so I can only bill for 16 hours during a week that I am on call for 7 days, 24 hours a day. If I get called and have to do work, then I can bill for that time. But I have to be available and networked within 15 minutes that entire week just in case something comes in.

Is that total bullshit or am I just not being a good sport?

[lukasahero]

1. Yes it's ridiculous but

as a contractor, you will always get the crappiest assignments. That's just the way it is in the contracting world. That is, however, why contractors get paid the big bucks. Sorry.

[MissMillie]

2. Why is no one else sharing that week with you?

If there are 2 other people, why can't they take some of that time off your hands?

[undeterred]

6. The oncall rotations are a whole week at a time

24 hours a day for 7 days
Everyone has to take a whole week at a time. Normally I don't mind but when the oncall covers 5 unpaid days off, it truly sucks.

[DS1]

3. write a stored procedure in the database that stops it twice a day

go in, hide in the server room, start it back up

rinse, repeat

[Rabrrrrrr]

4. Brilliant! And cron a deletion of the database every 36 hours.

[undeterred]

5. I can do it remotely with the generic login

I'm getting paid for this dammit.