> your manager ... asks if you would like to join the rotation.
I don't think I've worked anywhere in the last decade where I was not part of the on-call rotation. It's been obligatory, maybe because I've worked at small-to-medium sized companies. I'm on call this week, in fact.
On-call weeks are my least favorite though. It's always nice when my rotation includes a holiday because our users are only active during normal business hours, so we never have issues when everyone's out of the office.
It all depends on a software one is supposed to be responsible for. For some, it'll at most a few pages a year, for others it'll be constant pain having to deal with problems.
I wouldn't say it's without pay. It's in the job description when you're hired and the pay should compensate for that. SREs are typically paid very well.
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I don't think I've worked anywhere in the last decade where I was not part of the on-call rotation. It's been obligatory, maybe because I've worked at small-to-medium sized companies. I'm on call this week, in fact.
On-call weeks are my least favorite though. It's always nice when my rotation includes a holiday because our users are only active during normal business hours, so we never have issues when everyone's out of the office.
Over ten years later, I still feel the effects. Every notification, every ring just brings life to a stop, for just a few moments.
I can agree, OP: on-call rosters change your life.
I don’t think a bullet in a job description and expected baseline pay for a tech job is reasonable enough to accept that either.