[jvreagan]

> nstead I'd be much more impressed to have a "see ya in the afternoon, get some sleep" culture

I've led teams for over a decade that have oncall duties. One principle we have lived by is that if you are paged outside of hours, you take off the time you need to not hold a grudge against the team/company. Some people don't need it, some people take a day off, some people sleep in, some people cash in on their next vacation. To each their own according to their needs. Seems to work well.

We also swap out oncall in real time if, say, someone gets paged a couple nights in a row.

[athenot]

Yup, this is important or people will burn out real quick. And when there are major incidents, as IC it's especially important to dismiss people from bridges as early as possible when I know I'm going to need them sooner rather than later the following day. Or swap with a more junior person so that the senior one is nice and fresh for when the next wave is anticipated.