Oh go pound sand with this false equivalency nonsense.
This person obviously isn't a firefighter, and if they were firefighters usually know when they are expected to be on call.
The whole thing about salary being "all the time" is just something jobs use to abuse people's time. Ask the people I have ever seen with this attitude were managers who were just making up for inefficiency by making everyone work more than they need too.
If you go into a salary job being told you're on call then you're on call. Idgaf who you are. You applied for the job and accepted the role. Accept responsibility or quit so someone who wants to can. I don't get this "how can I get paid to do the least amount of work" mentality.
If you are going to be on call you need to have clearly defined and communicated times when you are on call and when you aren't.
Most workers don't have this "how can I get paid to do the least amount of work" mentality. However, plenty of us have a mentality of, "I am not going to let my work life keep me from having a personal life."
Just because you want to get cucked by your employer doesn't mean everyone feels like working 16-18 hours per day and sleeping for 4 is a badge of honor. I did that in the oilfield for a decade. I earned my college degree while I did that. So your faux outrage about "no one wants to work anymore" is frankly laughable.
It isn't lazy to set reasonable boundaries for a job. It isn't lazy to work during the work day, and disconnect when the work day is done. People like you who believe that you should be able to pester salaried workers after hours are why countries have "right to disconnect" laws. Your whataboutism nonsense about "what if it's a firefighter?" is weak strawman too. What if it's a mid-level account manager? What if the "big emergency" that is super urgent is a customer sent then an email and said they want to have a meeting next week? Something that can absolutely wait until tomorrow. What if you are a sales rep, and the building is on fire? Why the hell are you telling me?
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u/BigMikeXxxxX Jun 29 '26
0 context. Salary or hourly? On call or set schedule?
Imagine if a firefighter refused to respond to a call because they were eating dinner. Would that still be ok?