[KallDrexx]

That's fine, but unless your on call scheduling is erratic and non-predictable then it's no different than pay that's included with your salary.

Like the article says, you really get the best results when the people responsible for the code is also responsible for issues that come up after hours. That means your team should be rotating out so that everyone feels ownership and responsibility for the deployment.

[gertef]

The Earth rotates and has people all over. We shouldn't have "after hours"

[subway]

Placing folks around the globe doesn't really help with the weekend or holiday situation.

[dragonwriter]

> Placing folks around the globe doesn't really help with the weekend or holiday situation.

Given that non-working "weekends" and "holidays" aren't global standards, it kind of can , though arrangements to simultaneously mitigate those situations and working hours situations may be more complex than ones intended to handle only one or the other problem.