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How to reduce stress for on-call engineering teams

Chronic stress leads to burnout. Here are some ways to significantly reduce stress for on-call engineers.
October 17, 2022

If you’re managing on-call engineers, here’s how to avoid burning them out down the line.

Chronic workplace stress burns employees out. According to recent research from McKinsey, one in four employees globally are experiencing burnout symptoms. Even engineers who are passionate about their jobs can feel stressed at work. As a tech leader, what can you do to significantly reduce stress for your on-call engineering team?

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Why on-call engineers are feeling the heat

Site reliability engineers (SREs) are the guardians of production system health. They oversee and remedy outages, and vet changes developers want to put into production. Without them, technology operations would suddenly cease, causing major disruption to your business.

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