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>When an emergency comes up, you are right by your desk and it’s hard to not sit down to address it right away, even if it’s 11 PM. That happens when I work at

>When an emergency comes up, you are right by your desk and it’s hard to not sit down to address it right away, even if it’s 11 PM. That happens when I work at the office. At least at the roles I work, I'm expected to be on call all the time to support production environments. I'll get a text or something and usually have to address it.

toomuchtodo 5y ago
Consider a new, better role if you’re not properly compensated for both when you’re on call and when a response is required. Remaining in such a role is a choice.
- Clubber 5y ago
  I'm well compensated, but it's just the nature of development in every place I've worked.
flatline 5y ago
I realized that may have been a poorly made point on my part. If you are on call you’re on call. But a lot of “emergencies” in non-operational contexts can wait till the next day in my experience, and often do due to societal norms - everyone is home doing other stuff in the evening, we’ll reconvene first thing in the AM when everyone is together and fresh.
- Clubber 5y ago
  I can definitely see it when someone works later than usual (me) and is in the middle of something and has a question for someone who usually works at normal time or earlier than everyone else. When I'm in that situation, I don't expect a response immediately. I know I'm a night owl and other people aren't. I'm sure other people do. At the same token, when I work late and the early people schedule an 8am meeting, it's the same. Having said all that, the only difference for me in this scenario is whether or not I commute to the office every day. Same, same.
mschuster91 5y ago
Ideally (and, outside of the US, by law) the employer should set up a rotation schedule for being on-call. 24/7 on-call is toxic as hell, it only works for young singles that don't have any other responsibility than making rent.
- sgt 5y ago
  Everyone in the team sharing the 24/7 works well for small teams. Nothing sucks more than knowing you are on call an entire night and having to remember not to do anything that may cause you to forget you're on call, become unreachabld (leaving your phone on silent or in another room for hours etc)

toomuchtodo 5y ago

Consider a new, better role if you’re not properly compensated for both when you’re on call and when a response is required. Remaining in such a role is a choice.

Clubber 5y ago
I'm well compensated, but it's just the nature of development in every place I've worked.

flatline 5y ago

I realized that may have been a poorly made point on my part. If you are on call you’re on call. But a lot of “emergencies” in non-operational contexts can wait till the next day in my experience, and often do due to societal norms - everyone is home doing other stuff in the evening, we’ll reconvene first thing in the AM when everyone is together and fresh.

Clubber 5y ago
I can definitely see it when someone works later than usual (me) and is in the middle of something and has a question for someone who usually works at normal time or earlier than everyone else. When I'm in that situation, I don't expect a response immediately. I know I'm a night owl and other people aren't. I'm sure other people do. At the same token, when I work late and the early people schedule an 8am meeting, it's the same. Having said all that, the only difference for me in this scenario is whether or not I commute to the office every day. Same, same.

mschuster91 5y ago

Ideally (and, outside of the US, by law) the employer should set up a rotation schedule for being on-call. 24/7 on-call is toxic as hell, it only works for young singles that don't have any other responsibility than making rent.

sgt 5y ago
Everyone in the team sharing the 24/7 works well for small teams. Nothing sucks more than knowing you are on call an entire night and having to remember not to do anything that may cause you to forget you're on call, become unreachabld (leaving your phone on silent or in another room for hours etc)