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by bato 3955 days ago
Would you actually get 10 pages a day every day while you were on call though?
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On occasion, yes. I've done OOO both of trading desks and ecommerce operations, very high pressure - and with the added bonus that you're having to answer the phone to angry people while working on a technical fix.

It's called support hell for a reason - but what this guy's wife describes isn't extraordinary. It sounds like most mission critical support roles.