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One thing that this article is also kinda missing is the base compensation. Some companies (e.g. FB) are in the top 90th percentile or so of the industry but then don't pay on-call compensation..

But that means that in one case you make 200k base, have an on-call and don't get any extra on-call money. In the other case you make 140k base, have an on-call and get 10k extra on-call money.

Ultimately you end up doing the same work but one of them gets paid less.

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They mentioned this in the article:

“7. “It’s part of the job for all software engineers and not paid additional.”

This approach is common at many companies. A few which stand out:

Companies paying top of the market. Places which sit in the top tier of the trimodal nature of salaries usually pay far more without compensating for oncall, than lower-tier companies with very generous oncall compensation do.

Big Tech. Most of Big Tech don't pay for oncall with cash compensation. Google is the only exception.”

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