[throwaway45349]

You can be on-call and still do other things -- it's not all or nothing. My workplace has tiered SLOs for on-call, some being as relaxed as O(30 minutes) for first response.

[GekkePrutser]

Yeah you can do other things but you're never really 'free'. You always have to be able to drop what you're doing at a moments notice. I really hate that feeling.

I'd rather just be there when it's really needed.

[freeone3000]

How is that different from your current state, when you are checking your email, even on vacation?

[rytill]

> O(30 minutes)

So, O(1)?