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Re:I Don't Want to Be on Call Anymore by supernovae on Monday November 29, 2021 @09:12AM (#29380051)
I would advise such a person works during their normal 8-5 and that "on call" is just a form of work intake for a normal job - not an exception that happens after hours or on weekends when most people refer to "on call".
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Re:I Don't Want to Be on Call Anymore by joshuamorton on Monday November 29, 2021 @10:58AM (#29381318)
Ok, but then what do you do on weekends?

Like you still need people, who have the skills to do the oncall work, to man the pager during off-work hours.

Hiring a weekend person doesn't work (they don't have the skills since they're not really part of the team, + bus factor). Forcing people to work weekends doesn't work. Some sort of rotation seems the least worst option.

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