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Discussion on: How does your team handle 'on call' evening/weekend hours?

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Kamal Mustafa

We have just started our on-call shift for about 2 weeks ? Previously, I don't agree on having on-call shift, preferring "mutual responsibility" approach. But now I started to feel it's bad for everyone, as that mean everyone can't "disconnect" from work at all time. So We discussed how the on-call shift should look like - 2 days per shift, or one week shift etc. We're a team of 10 but only 5 being put on call for now. In the end we decided for 2 days shift as 1 week seem too long for 1 person to take on.

We have a python script that printing the on-call roster for the following week but plan to have one month schedule ahead, as that seem easier to plan your day when you know what day you'll be on-call for the month.

p/s: I'm currently on-call, that's why I came here 😁