Yup, that is precisely what I did and what I'm encouraging others to do as well.
Edit: On-call is not always disclosed. When it is, it's often understated. And finally, you can never predict being re-orged into a team with oncall.
I agree employees should still have the balls to say "no" but to imply there's no wrongdoing here on companies' parts and that it's totally okay for them to take advantage of employees like this is a bit strange.
Especially for employees that don't know to ask this question (new grads) or can't say "no" as easily (new grads or H1Bs.)
Edit: On-call is not always disclosed. When it is, it's often understated. And finally, you can never predict being re-orged into a team with oncall.
I agree employees should still have the balls to say "no" but to imply there's no wrongdoing here on companies' parts and that it's totally okay for them to take advantage of employees like this is a bit strange.
Especially for employees that don't know to ask this question (new grads) or can't say "no" as easily (new grads or H1Bs.)