Out of hours support sucks, but yes, the reality is that you get paged, and you have to deal with things within SLA. It's hard, it's wearing, but one week out of every four is hardly intense.
I was on call for five years. It nearly broke me - but this article is just whining. Why take such a role if it's such a problem? It sounds more like his wife bashing him every time he had to do OOO work is what broke him.
Out of hours support sucks, but yes, the reality is that you get paged, and you have to deal with things within SLA. It's hard, it's wearing, but one week out of every four is hardly intense.
I was on call for five years. It nearly broke me - but this article is just whining. Why take such a role if it's such a problem? It sounds more like his wife bashing him every time he had to do OOO work is what broke him.