[alemanek]

On call even if you aren’t actually called is still a burden. No drinking or other impairing substances. Need to be available and ready to help on weekends. So unable to disconnect and go on a hike or some other activity without internet and your laptop.

75% on call even if I was never called would be profoundly unhealthy for me. So I wouldn’t dismiss the toll of just being available 24/7.

EDIT: I forgot to mention I am on an on call rotation but it is 1week on and 7 weeks off. So, not too horrible.

[nosefurhairdo]

This is a good point. I am fortunate to have a good manager who recognizes the unfair burden. I have missed a pagerduty notification before, which my manager dealt with. The incident did not appear to affect my subsequent performance review, as evidenced by top of band compensation.

I would expect stricter accountability with a more reasonable on-call schedule.

[darkwater]

Congrats, you have a very good work ethic but a very poor personal health ethic.

I was like you, and probably still am deep below, and I will fall again in the same trap. But please, try to think about flipping your point of view here and instead of being your manager generous and your company good for not taking into account the time you failed to answer on duty, think about how you are being exploited covering 75% of on duty alone, and the money the company didn't loose just because of you. And how much of that money you got.