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How to Fix On-Call Engineer Burnout with Better Rotations
On-call engineer burnout stems from structural issues like small rotation pools and noisy alerts, not individual weakness. PagerDuty data shows teams spend 30% of time on unplanned work, much of it triaging false alarms. Solutions include severity-based alert routing, rotation pools of at least six people, and built-in recovery time after on-call weeks.
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The piece offers practical, evidence-based fixes for a chronic DevOps problem, but implementing them requires organizational buy-in that many teams still lack.
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