"Here's one. I get paged for urgent fixes maybe three times per year. To staff all three shifts with senior engineers to cover for that would be enough to make

"Here's one. I get paged for urgent fixes maybe three times per year. To staff all three shifts with senior engineers to cover for that would be enough to make the company unprofitable and lose many jobs. I don't much like being woken in the middle of the night for such things, but it's clearly necessary and not abusive." Do you have to be always available or can you go somewhere without connection?