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Originally Posted by Ash W
I still cannot see how it is different or more "stressful" than anyone else that is on call, and as I said before people generally get appropriate money for the inconvience of not being able to plan their lives.
PS. I am speak from personal experiance, in my last job I was in a similar boat. I could be having breakfast in Canberra planning what to do with my day only to find myself on the next plane to Darwin, or Cairns or Perth etc where I could be spending the next week. Fortunatly it didn't happen all that often, maybe 4 times in 2 years, but it was all part of the job and being the person on call.
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Ash I think what Jack was originally trying to say is that '
any' on-call job which could result in long-distance travel, would be more stressful (in many ways) compared to say, an on-call job which is based in your local area.
However ‘more stressful’ is just a relative term.
As you’ve said all staff who are on call should/do know what to expect.
So in saying that, it wouldn’t be all that (relatively) stressful for them.