How about working a holiday? Last New Year's day, I was out of town enjoying the day with family. I made the mistake of answering my phone to find my boss at the other end. What I learned was that a parent wanted to look at their kid's grades and could not get in, on the holiday! This parent knew the superintendent so they called him and disturbed all of our holiday's. One of the network technicians had to go to the building since a power failure was at fault. All in all, for one parent, seven people were called for more than 12 person hours of work. On a side note, it turned out to be a good thing we were all called. The A/C evap drain line was clogged and half of the computer room floor was covered in water. Thankfully, everything is on racks so nothing was damaged.

I certainly don't have a problem working some overtime, within reason. I knew that was a possibility when I entered this field of work. However, I do expect some sort of compensation and I also expect to be left alone for non-emergency things like my example above, especially on a holiday.