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throwk8s | 3 years ago

> 4. You're not up more than 1 week per 1-1.5 month.

That seems excessive if you're expected to be able to log into your work system within X minutes.

Having to be essentially home, near a computer, 25% of the time (1 week out of 4) is a pretty heavy burden, especially for people who prefer to be out, rather than home.

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SpicyLemonZest|3 years ago

It's a heavy burden, and a lot of teams might want to consider a longer interval, but there's a lot of legitimate scenarios where it's just not feasible to distribute an oncall rotation among 8+ people. I would definitely point more towards 1 in 6 as the ideal minimum.

cube2222|3 years ago

I just carry around a laptop in my backpack when I'm on call.