I have been asking friends for leads for a lawyer and a CPA, but I need knowledge to talk with these folks too. I work for a Big 6 now, and am in SAP, so lining up work is not a problem. I just want to learn more about what I am about to get into before I jump in. This uses sufficiently non-conformant HTML that it causes various web browsers to crash on me when I try to access information. Minimum 1 hour billing as soon as one gets paged, up to time taken including travel time.
Contractors get the flat rate plus two hour minimum per call.
On-Call is a backup position only and is called if 1st is unreachable or swamped. Almost never gets called. The main complaint wasn't the night work but having to be available to answer the questions or fix the abends.