‘Yep, I’m looking for a new job…’: Software company designer forced to pay for own training and spend every day on call for 12 hours, 7 days a week, while HR promises barely extra pay for the trouble

This designer-turned-emergency responder with a five-minute response timer sounds like the plot of a bad comic book, but nope, it's real life now. The special twist comes with being told to pay for your own crash course like training is a side hustle and not a desperate lifeline to survive this madness. Getting on call for twelve hours a day every day is the new corporate badge of honor nobody asked for.

Let's take a moment to admire the math here. Four people total but one gets a free pass because she's hourly and can't touch nights or weekends so the remaining three are left to juggle the chaos. It's like a bad game of hot potato where the potato is a crying client and everyone is terrified to hold it for long. Respond within five minutes on weekends too that's basically a fifty-hour panic attack with no breaks. Your weekend plans don't stand a chance not even showering, because apparently, hygiene is a threat to serious problem solving. 

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