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On Call Sleep Question
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this post was submitted on 02 Feb 2024
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I tell my engineers - if you get paged off hours, however much time you spend resolving the issue, take that time back from the next workday.
I also practice what I preach - if I get paged at 3am and work on the issue until 5am, I'll come in 2 hours late or leave 2 hours early.
This is how we do it here as well but I find the lack of sleep even if I went home an hour or two earlier impacts the entirety of the workday.
It sounds like you've got a good manager, so hopefully they won't hold that against you. This is the reality of oncall - it sucks!
When you get woken up in the middle of the night, of course you're going to be more tired the next day. I'm the same as you - I can't fall back asleep if its early morning so I normally just stay awake and am tired that day. You shouldn't feel guilty for being at 1/2 capacity after working all night to solve your employer's problems!
Yeah my manager is sympathetic to it because they also have to do on call on the roster. So they know the pain of getting up at those hours of the morning. I think based on the information in this thread I have a good strategy for this.
Also why not come in later and take that time in the morning?
1 carpark, carpool with partner at a set starting time or else pay thousands of dollars for parking per year. It's not really worth it end of the day.
I would think that an on-call night would make for an automatic work from home day + sleeping in the following day.