# A practical approach to on-call compensation

DevFeed: [A practical approach to on-call compensation](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/a-practical-approach-to-on-call-compensation-11577.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://incident.io/blog/a-practical-approach-to-on-call-compensation>)

Author: incident.io

Published: 2024-01-31T16:08:53Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [The incident.io Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-incident-io-blog.md>)

Topics: [incident](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/incident.md>), [debug](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/debug.md>)

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## AI overview

This article outlines practical considerations for compensating engineers who participate in on-call rotations. It discusses compensation structures, incentives, company stage, and the professional growth that can come from responding to incidents and debugging under time pressure.

## Source excerpt

Deciding how, and if, you're going to compensate folks for being on-call can be a tough conversation. Here, we outline several of the most common compensation structures you'll come across.