Over 70% of cybersecurity professionals often have to work weekends to address security concerns at their organization, according to a new report by Bitdefender.

This intense workload appears to correlate strongly with job dissatisfaction, with around two-thirds (64%) of the 1200 cyber professionals surveyed stating that they are planning on looking for a new job in the next 12 months.

The issue of burnout and job dissatisfaction was particularly profound among UK respondents, with 81% often working weekends and 71% looking for a new job.

  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    While I nominally agree, there are some situations and contexts in which an on-call rotation is not only appropriate, but the responsible thing to do.

    That said, on-call people should get special compensation/rewards/perks, because being on call sucks.

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      6 months ago

      on-call people should get a rotation so they aren’t on call every single week. which is what usually happens ime.