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This is not the argument they think it is. Dont ship on Friday and that 9 incidents on Saturday goes much lower, maybe to 0. The Sunday count probably does the

This is not the argument they think it is. Dont ship on Friday and that 9 incidents on Saturday goes much lower, maybe to 0. The Sunday count probably does the same. The true cost of shipping on Friday is likely the sum of Saturday and Sunday. This sounds like a directive from management telling them to never stop shipping and they tried to wrap a nice story and some questionable stats around it to make the team think they have it good. Doubt they pay OT for working on the weekend to fix what was broken on Friday either.

taeric 4y ago
But your counter isn't necessarily saying what you think, either. A lot depends on what the response was. For example, if the response was an aggressive rollback, having lower load reduced the blast radius. And fair on OT for weekend work, but again, a lot depends on what was done to fix. If it was a rollback and retry next week after fixing any findings, this is a lot less bad than the high energy frustration of trying to rollback during peak hours.
- wonderwonder 4y ago
  Is it? I hear your point but in this case you are just making up the "rollback and retry next week" response [which is fine]. You may be right though. Either way I would prefer to have to fix it during work hours when I am getting paid than having to tell my kid I have to step away from his Saturday birthday party for a few hours to fix something that my work made me deploy the day before. It would get to the point where you have to request weekends off for big events. Total lack of separation between work and life. Work would constantly bleed into everything as you expect a call at any time on the weekend robbing you of your ability to just relax. Cant drink too many beers or smoke a joint on Saturday [or whatever your preferred vice is], work might call. Sounds terrible.
  - taeric 4y ago
    Agreed on that. My point here was only that we would need more details. I could see this being better than you portrayed. I could also see it being worse. :)

taeric 4y ago

But your counter isn't necessarily saying what you think, either. A lot depends on what the response was. For example, if the response was an aggressive rollback, having lower load reduced the blast radius. And fair on OT for weekend work, but again, a lot depends on what was done to fix. If it was a rollback and retry next week after fixing any findings, this is a lot less bad than the high energy frustration of trying to rollback during peak hours.

wonderwonder 4y ago
Is it? I hear your point but in this case you are just making up the "rollback and retry next week" response [which is fine]. You may be right though. Either way I would prefer to have to fix it during work hours when I am getting paid than having to tell my kid I have to step away from his Saturday birthday party for a few hours to fix something that my work made me deploy the day before. It would get to the point where you have to request weekends off for big events. Total lack of separation between work and life. Work would constantly bleed into everything as you expect a call at any time on the weekend robbing you of your ability to just relax. Cant drink too many beers or smoke a joint on Saturday [or whatever your preferred vice is], work might call. Sounds terrible.
- taeric 4y ago
  Agreed on that. My point here was only that we would need more details. I could see this being better than you portrayed. I could also see it being worse. :)