[tomg]

> Not to detract from you comment, but you don't have to have a disability. Some people simply cannot do on-call, disability or not.

Imagine being a single parent; or needing to support elderly or disabled family.

[mrweasel]

I didn’t even think about that, but absolutely. I’m not a single parent, but my wife works in retail and just those late hours make daycare pick ups, late afternoon meeting, on-call and incidents a major hassle.