I worked as a developer and consultant at a big name SV company and was not compensated for "on call" time and in the end, not knowing any better just "sucked it up".
Now I would definitely ask some questions if I felt that this responsibility was falling disproportionately on my shoulders.
Do all employees at my current level have the same on call responsibilities and schedules? If not, how are custom schedules arrived at?
Do more senior employees work on call rotations and if not, at what job level are they excused?
Now I would definitely ask some questions if I felt that this responsibility was falling disproportionately on my shoulders.
Do all employees at my current level have the same on call responsibilities and schedules? If not, how are custom schedules arrived at?
Do more senior employees work on call rotations and if not, at what job level are they excused?
Are a couple that seem very reasonable to me.