we had following agreement at my last employer (small team of system engineers, agreement was implemented while I was already working there): 600.- per week you where on call. if you got a call, it was just like working overtime. if you needed to call a coworker, who was not on call, he would get a financal compensation. those who didn’t want to be on call, didn’t need to be. but it was quite chill. I don’t think I ever had a call :P

but you needed to be prepared. if I left home, I did so always with my notebook with me. I couldn’t to what I want during that week, just in case …

not compensating your employees at all for their loss in personal free time is just a real duche CTO move.

ah yes. I too use Linux Mine

what concerns me the most: when will such behavior have consequences? seems like any kind of dark pattern or anticompetitive behavior of that kind is just ignored by any authority that could intervene.

Some of my favorites (that I have not seen listed here yet)

• Snazzy Labs
• TechAltar
• The Friday Checkout (alternative to Techlinked)

„how much does he weight? ah, I see“ checking notes „yeah, that aint enough for my recipe. thanks anyway“