Why your on-call culture is driving engineers away
Woken up by a false alert at 5am? You’re not alone. Let’s talk about the real cost of being on call, and how to do it better.
My phone buzzes. Again. It’s the second time since I went to bed. I get up, my wife stirs, and the cat is already wide awake. The adrenaline hits. Something might be wrong. Three minutes later, I confirm it’s a false alert. But now I’m fully awake. I lie there, eyes open, wondering: Is this what the next six days of my rotation will look like?
On-call ro…