Explosion at the factory. No humans injured, but RnD labs and manufacturing labs all halted due to side effects of the explosion. On call back then was just ans

Explosion at the factory. No humans injured, but RnD labs and manufacturing labs all halted due to side effects of the explosion. On call back then was just answering your phone. I foolishly answered. It was incorrect for my management to place such heavy responsibility onto me for leading our sliver of the recovery. I was fresh out of school, I did not understand how the products, the facilities, or how the business operations fundamentally worked at a low level, which would’ve deeply helped. Sure, there were senior engineers around, but they had other tasks in these critical moments as well. It took a while to feel supported. They really needed an experienced engineer running the show, not the most junior. Anyway, I worked for a month straight (longer days, weekends). A handful of us did. I was actively training for bike racing back then, and I knew my KPI‘s. Let’s just say that my fitness tanked after being uber stressed out for a month straight.