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by user5994461 2874 days ago
It's Sunday. Please wait for Monday office hours for your immediate response.
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At work we have a 24/7 20min response time clause. If the phone for work emergency calls we are ready to help in 20 minutes at any time around the clock even on Sunday.

Why would you do anything else for your sysop/sysadmin?

You surely realize that no human being can be available 24/7 within 20 minutes. It's beyond slavery to expect that from any employee.

You need at least 10 sysop/sysadmin to achieve anything close to that SLA, with a sustainable rota. Contrary to the parent posters who believe it can be done with THE right guy.

With 3 people you can have a "follow the sun" rotation during business hours which takes care of the entire week, and I don't think you would need 7 more people for the weekend.
We manage it with 3 sysop/sysadmins. I think you vastly overestimate how many people you need to keep a 20 minute SLA.
That’s a shitty life.
I find it rather insulting that you think it must be a shitty job.
Expectation of 24/7, 20 minute response to a callout is bullshit. If that’s not shitty, you’re a victim of some sort of employee Stockholm syndrome.