DK - great people, questionable on-call policy
DK - great people, questionable on-call policy
The people are fantastic, and there seems to be a real sense of community.
On-call shifts are extremely busy and quite frequent. The usual policies in Ireland of time off in lieu, overtime pay, or an on-call supplement are not applied here.
Use a follow-the-sun model for on-call support, or as close to it as possible.
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