There are some circumstances where you’d be better off delivering pizzas. (As someone else already said, though, this guy is probably management and being very well-compensated for his on-call time.)
I know people who’ve worked hundreds of unpaid, uncompensated overtime in a few months to make up for poor management (under resourcing, not enforcing scope, support etc.). It’s frankly a failure and should be treated as such, but some people perpetuate toxic work culture and don’t even see that when it comes to review time.
Tech is also full of title inflation, so many people get a management title because they’re technically competent, probably partly as well because management also has their own exemptions but that’s only supposed to apply to managerial tasks.
There are some circumstances where you’d be better off delivering pizzas. (As someone else already said, though, this guy is probably management and being very well-compensated for his on-call time.)
Engineering and it professionals are exempt from a bunch of things, specifically hours of work and overtime pay laws in ontario (This has the definition of it professionals and what is exempted, engineering is on the page as well.
I know people who’ve worked hundreds of unpaid, uncompensated overtime in a few months to make up for poor management (under resourcing, not enforcing scope, support etc.). It’s frankly a failure and should be treated as such, but some people perpetuate toxic work culture and don’t even see that when it comes to review time.
Tech is also full of title inflation, so many people get a management title because they’re technically competent, probably partly as well because management also has their own exemptions but that’s only supposed to apply to managerial tasks.