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> Group chats, tight relationships, etc. usually mean someone is free just based on the odds to handle a true emergency. Congratulations, you've made you entir
by Arainach 5y ago
> Group chats, tight relationships, etc. usually mean someone is free just based on the odds to handle a true emergency.
Congratulations, you've made you entire team on call year round.
I don't read work chats outside of core working hours if I'm not currently on-call. In general, most people shouldn't. Doing so is awful for your stress levels and work-life balance. I did it for more than a decade, burning out twice in the meantime, and things have been much better since I stopped.
- psychstudio 5y agoI don't read group chats _inside_ working hours. I'm working at work, not group chatting.
- thirdsun 5y agoIf that means you're reading your chats later it sounds as if you're also working outside working hours.
- bbarn 5y agoYou missed the point entirely. The goal is not to need on call, because you BOTH have a stable system that requires rare off hours interventions, AND you have a team that owns that and is bothered rarely enough to not need to have a formal rotation. On call systems with stable systems in my experience tend to be a real problem because people lose the on call urgency anyway. TL;DR - the problem is your system, not being on call or not.