We have systems who’s main use in at the weekend. Other systems are only used overnight. Some the quietest part is 0930-1230 on weekdays.

The reason you don’t want to push on a Friday, or overnight, or weekend, is your experts and the top bosses tend to work m-f 9-5, so pushing early in the day and early in the week ensures more people are available to fix problems and run comms.

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Geezus_42 17 hours ago | parent [-]

There is someone on call at all times at every level in my company and we are not very big. It's rare I see anything I can't fix, but if I do, it's easy to click that button that makes the alarms go off and they'll be on the call in minutes.

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fn-mote 12 hours ago | parent [-]

Is the guy on call your best troubleshooter? No. That guy doesn’t work weird hours because you’d have to be paying him $50k more to put up with that BS.

It’s easy to think things aren’t going to go to hell, but look at the huge companies that screw things up. Amazon. GitHub. It could happen to you, too.

	▲	Geezus_42 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Actually, we ALL work on call. No one gets out of it just because they have seniority. Plus, we have an excellent team of smart people who are able to figure most things out on their own through use of their own knowledge and troubleshooting skills, aided by both internal and external documentation. It is rare that escalation is required. I never said things don't go to hell sometimes. That's why you build a good team and train your people.