On-Call Rotations and Escalation Policies
Practical advice for designing on-call schedules, defining escalation paths, and reducing alert fatigue for engineering teams.
On-Call Rotations and Escalation Policies
Practical advice for designing on-call schedules, defining escalation paths, and reducing alert fatigue for engineering teams.
What is the purpose of an on-call rotation?
An on-call rotation makes sure someone is always available to respond when production breaks outside business hours. Instead of one engineer being paged every night, the duty cycles across the team. The goal is fast response to real incidents without burning out any single person. A rotation only works if pages are rare enough to make off-hours coverage a reasonable ask.
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