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FWIW, the magic HR word is “accommodation”. Neither your managers or HR themselves will tell you this magical word. And you’ll want to have a psychiatrist to ba

FWIW, the magic HR word is “accommodation”. Neither your managers or HR themselves will tell you this magical word. And you’ll want to have a psychiatrist to back you up. Being on call is super stressful, and if it’s causing burnout, you don’t need to keep doing it. Does this increase the burden on your teammates? Yes. But so would you burning out.

matheusmoreira 4y ago
> Being on call is super stressful Absolutely. Being on call means we have to be ready to respond. Can't ever fully relax, can't make plans that compromise that readiness. People need to be compensated for that. Where I live doctors get paid when they're on call.
- azornathogron 4y ago
  You need to be ready, yes. Being unable to relax is IMHO more of a function of how well/poorly managed your systems are and your own level of experience and psychological profile.
babyshake 4y ago
As in, "I have a health issue that requires the reasonable accommodation of only working 9-5 hours, here is a doctor's note."? Is it really that simple?
- falcolas 4y ago
  Yes. Reasonable accomodations for physical issues are mandated by the ADA, and recently they have started applying it to mental issues as well. Its worth going through; the worst that can happen is they say no (or, admittedly, fabricate a reason to fire you), but you’ll know where you stand.
muttled 4y ago
At my last job (horrible MSP), we would get 1-3 calls per night. Not evening. At night. They had no reason to improve the situation as they charged extra for those calls making them very profitable. They would bill the client minimum time while only paying us for exact minutes worked. I definitely debated getting a doctor's note saying that my health was impacted by being woken up multiple times a night while still required to show up the next day at 7-8 AM.

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FWIW, the magic HR word is “accommodation”. Neither your managers or HR themselves will tell you this magical word. And you’ll want to have a psychiatrist to ba

by falcolas 4y ago

matheusmoreira 4y ago
> Being on call is super stressful Absolutely. Being on call means we have to be ready to respond. Can't ever fully relax, can't make plans that compromise that readiness. People need to be compensated for that. Where I live doctors get paid when they're on call.
- azornathogron 4y ago
  You need to be ready, yes. Being unable to relax is IMHO more of a function of how well/poorly managed your systems are and your own level of experience and psychological profile.
babyshake 4y ago
As in, "I have a health issue that requires the reasonable accommodation of only working 9-5 hours, here is a doctor's note."? Is it really that simple?
- falcolas 4y ago
  Yes. Reasonable accomodations for physical issues are mandated by the ADA, and recently they have started applying it to mental issues as well. Its worth going through; the worst that can happen is they say no (or, admittedly, fabricate a reason to fire you), but you’ll know where you stand.
muttled 4y ago
At my last job (horrible MSP), we would get 1-3 calls per night. Not evening. At night. They had no reason to improve the situation as they charged extra for those calls making them very profitable. They would bill the client minimum time while only paying us for exact minutes worked. I definitely debated getting a doctor's note saying that my health was impacted by being woken up multiple times a night while still required to show up the next day at 7-8 AM.