All regionals are about this bad on reserve or worse. It can be slightly better depending on your management. The erj side used to have 1 hr plus wait to talk to scheduling but the schedulers were pretty civil and now with our new management you don't wait on hold but you are talking to and are talked to like a prison inmate. Being hung up on is not out of the question and reserves are used but not efficiently. The novelty of this job wears out around the 6 month mark and you start to realize that you are meat in a seat to scheduling and management.

Here is some advice to make your life more enjoyable:
1) Know your contract inside and out once you get out of training
2) Never curse while on the phone with anyone from the company. Dont get angry GET EVEN. Treat it like a game. They don't respect you so don't respect them.
3) Remember that the company needs you as a trained pilot. It is near impossible to get fired unless you lie, cheat, steal, or don't show up.
4) Don't take it personally. Scheduling is minimum wage guys/girls with horrible direction from above, you are just a number to management, and this place is a paycheck until you can find something better.

Pay during training

Erj side is somehwere around 700 every two weeks in training with guarantee (75 hrs) starting once you pass the checkride which takes about 2 months to get to.

CRJ is slightly more per month in training.

After training you can expect around 2000-2400 a month take home depending on taxes and per diem if I remember correctly.

The overall contracts for both sides of XJT are above average compared to most regionals but you are still at a regional. If you search on here I think someone even broke down our current contracts and compared them. They are very similar and both have good points.