So I work for a small company...

[manlymatt83]

... and my boss expects me to be on call 24x7x365.

I'm now the only sysadmin. The other sysadmin left. And it doesn't seem like he's going to be hiring anyone else.

Anytime there's a critical alert, which we get an average of a few per day, I'm expected to fix the problem. Even if its the middle of the night.

Honestly, I hate my job. I want a job where I can sleep at night. I'm thinking about quitting. It isn't worth it.

It's almost just a stress knowing that ANY night I can get called to fix a problem, and its only a matter of flipping a coin.

 

[Special K]

Didn't you say you worked for a startup? Isn't it expected that people working in the early stages of a tech startup have to pretty much sacrifice their life to get the company off the ground?

 

[manlymatt83]

Originally posted by: Special K
Didn't you say you worked for a startup? Isn't it expected that people working in the early stages of a tech startup have to pretty much sacrifice their life to get the company off the ground?

Yes, but I didn't know that when I first started working here. And to be honest, I hate it.

 

[S Freud]

Is there anything that ever goes right in your life? Not to be mean, it just seems like something is always going wrong.

 

[sonambulo]

Originally posted by: S Freud
Is there anything that ever goes right in your life? Not to be mean, it just seems like something is always going wrong.

Look at his sig.

 

[Ika]

Bitch to your boss and threaten to quit unless he hires another sysadmin.

 

[kt]

What the hell are you guys running that you get so many critical alerts per day? Sounds like you are patching the problem, not fixing it.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: kt
What the hell are you guys running that you get so many critical alerts per day? Sounds like you are patching the problem, not fixing it.

yeah, you need to tweak the system to hold the alerts from 11 pm to 6 am

 

[Platypus]

Didn't you start a thread the other day almost exactly like this one?

We told you the kind of job to look for, it's not going to be a sys admin job unless you have a huge team and even then you cannot avoid being on call.

Be a systems engineer or architect

 

[compman25]

And what exactly do you want us to do for you now?

 

[TruePaige]

Most software should be able to go without having critical game-breaking errors once, (or in your case multiple), times a day.

I've been testing software on a Debian server that hasn't had an issue in..well..I don't really think it's had any major issues. =p

 

[aceO07]

How reliant is the company on the systems being up and why would there be problems with the systems so often?

Turn your phone/pager off when you leave work. If you get a call, claim you were underground or in a place with no reception.

 

[tfinch2]

If you're getting multiple critical alerts on a daily basis, you're not doing it right.

 

[sourceninja]

If the same thing is breaking often, then you are not a good system admin. Our system admin has never needed to come in after hours except for scheduled upgrades and patches. Our network admin....well that is another story.

 

[Descartes]

Welcome to the realities of IT. Everyone pays their dues if they want to succeed. Yes, being on call 24x7 is a chore, and yes it interferes with your life; however, you could use this experience to diversify your knowledge of enterprise management and use it to advance your career. Or, you can be upset about it and join a company where you're only expected to do a few things during the day and go home. One offers the chance of advancing beyond the banalities of a cubicle-dwelling IT existence, and the other doesn't.

imo

 

[SpunkyJones]

Originally posted by: tfinch2
If you're getting multiple critical alerts on a daily basis, you're not doing it right.

lol, I was going to post that it sounds like they need a new system admin.

 

[TruePaige]

Originally posted by: Descartes
Welcome to the realities of IT. Everyone pays their dues if they want to succeed. Yes, being on call 24x7 is a chore, and yes it interferes with your life; however, you could use this experience to diversify your knowledge of enterprise management and use it to advance your career. Or, you can be upset about it and join a company where you're only expected to do a few things during the day and go home. One offers the chance of advancing beyond the banalities of a cubicle-dwelling IT existence, and the other doesn't.

imo

Working for non-profits and government / university entities is a lot less stressful.

 

[JS80]

Originally posted by: mjuszczak
... and my boss expects me to be on call 24x7x365.

I'm now the only sysadmin. The other sysadmin left. And it doesn't seem like he's going to be hiring anyone else.

Anytime there's a critical alert, which we get an average of a few per day, I'm expected to fix the problem. Even if its the middle of the night.

Honestly, I hate my job. I want a job where I can sleep at night. I'm thinking about quitting. It isn't worth it.

It's almost just a stress knowing that ANY night I can get called to fix a problem, and its only a matter of flipping a coin.

Do you have stock options and is the company growing? If so it'll be worth it.

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: SpunkyJones

Originally posted by: tfinch2
If you're getting multiple critical alerts on a daily basis, you're not doing it right.

lol, I was going to post that it sounds like they need a new system admin.

especially since they got one that didnt know hed be the go-to guy for a startup tech company.

start looking for a job, OP, this clearly doesnt suit you right now.