[hinkley]

If you’re on call 24 hours a day that means you either have to be stone cold sober or a functioning alcoholic. On call arrangements are a really good reason for unionization. Possibly one of the better ones.

[enneff]

Nobody in Google SRE is on call for 24 hours. They have teams spread across time zones that rotate through the day. They also get paid more when they’re on call.

[user5994461]

Not every team is spread across the world. Not every team is staffed with enough people to have a sustainable rota.