u/clemsonscj

Hey guys, our local’s contract is up for renegotiation this fall and I’m trying to find out some info from how other locals do on-call pay to bring up to our negotiators cause I feel like ours has some issues.

Currently, we get time and a half for any hours worked, 2 hour minimums for all calls and 3 hour minimums for calls between 10pm and 6am, and all day Sunday. If we work 3 hours past midnight we are due 8 hours of rest starting when your time stops. If any of those 8 hours falls during your normal work schedule you will still get paid for those hours. So we’re basically guaranteed our straight time hours. There’s some other minor caveats with rest but not worth going into. For holidays, we get the day off and paid 8 hours for the holiday. If you get called out, you are paid time and a half for the first 8 hours and double time and a half for all other hours worked. If the actual holiday falls on a different day than the observed holiday (this weekend, for example, our company observed the 4th on Friday), there is no additional pay, it’s just time and a half. If we work any hours during the observed holiday, we can bank the holiday to use later and we are paid time and a half for hours worked.

Now my biggest issue is that last part I mentioned. If we are scheduled on-call for a holiday, we are automatically having to alter holiday plans based around being called out. So to me, we shouldn’t have to choose between taking the pay and banking the holiday. It should atomically be implied the holiday gets banked if you’re scheduled on call, and can’t callout worked should be at the holiday pay rate. My second issue is that the actual holiday doesn’t include a holiday pay. The observed holiday is for the office guys who feel like they deserve a work day off when the holiday falls on a weekend, so if I end up having to work on a weekend holiday (like I did yesterday), it’s kinda shitty I don’t get additional pay cause the office folks decided to move the holiday.

Aside from holidays, I understand some companies do a “standby” pay rate that guys get paid for any hours not worked on call to basically supplement having to be on standby. For those of you who do this, what does that pay rate look like and what is that number based on?

I’ve got the XE75 mesh router set and I’m trying to add my ProtonVPN profile in the deco app. I’ve downloaded the OpenVPN profile from the Proton website and uploaded it in the deco app. It will show a server IP address but never gets a DNS and just says “connecting”. Anybody know what I’m doing wrong?

I have a P365X that I got a threaded barrel for, the Herrington Arms comp/brake (has the side ports also, not just the top port), and it’s on a Wilson Combat XMacro frame. I used the X recoil spring since that’s all I had and I’m not gonna get to shoot it for a little bit due to my schedule. Can anyone tell me if I’ll need to get the lighter recoil spring for reliability?

I’ve got a Compustar T13 remote start/security system that I took out of my 2017 Altima and now I’m wanting to put it in my F150. Firstech/Compustar/iDatalink gate keep their stuff pretty well but I was able to find everything I needed for my Altima to do a complete self install. I’ve gotten rid of the Altima and now wanna install it in my truck but can’t find what t-harness model I need or the wiring guide for it. Can anyone help me figure out which harness I need and if you have access to their wiring guides and could post it here that would be awesome.

It’s going on a 2023 F150 Powerboost (hybrid) with automatic transmission and push-to start. Using an FT-CMX-HC brain, iDatalink BLADE-AL bypass module. Chat GPT says I need the FTI-FDK2 harness but the website says it’s only compatible up to 2019 models. Now I did have that same issue with my Altima where it didn’t say it was compatible up to my year model but it actually was. But I wanna verify before I buy it, plus I need the wiring guide which apparently hasn’t been made publicly available like my Altima was.

‘23 Powerboost with about 30k miles. Pretty much any time I get on the ford pass app it tells me the truck is in battery saver mode and I need to manually start it, and I don’t have access to the remote start, lock or unlock features. I’ve also noticed when I shut the truck off after driving it it tells me it’s going into battery saver mode and something about turning off the ignition or starting the truck up or something and has like this countdown bar on the screen. Seems like from what I’ve read this may be an indicator of a battery going bad? It’s never given me issues as far as starting up when I start driving so I’m not sure how you tell. But I’ve also read that despite being under warranty, it’s a worthless endeavor to go to the dealership because if they even do a worthwhile diagnostic they will likely only replace one of the 2 batteries and the issue will come back in a very short time of both batteries aren’t replaced together.

We’re leaving this weekend to drive to the beach so I’m wanting to get it taken care of before then if that sounds like what I need to do. Anyone have any experience with this?

‘23 Powerboost with about 30k miles. Pretty much any time I get on the ford pass app it tells me the truck is in battery saver mode and I need to manually start it, and I don’t have access to the remote start, lock or unlock features. I’ve also noticed when I shut the truck off after driving it it tells me it’s going into battery saver mode and something about turning off the ignition or starting the truck up or something and has like this countdown bar on the screen. Seems like from what I’ve read this may be an indicator of a battery going bad? It’s never given me issues as far as starting up when I start driving so I’m not sure how you tell. But I’ve also read that despite being under warranty, it’s a worthless endeavor to go to the dealership because if they even do a worthwhile diagnostic they will likely only replace one of the 2 batteries and the issue will come back in a very short time of both batteries aren’t replaced together.

We’re leaving this weekend to drive to the beach so I’m wanting to get it taken care of before then if that sounds like what I need to do. Anyone have any experience with this?