Bitdefender found that 70% of cybersecurity professionals often have to work weekends to address security concerns at their organization

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.

    • jdeath@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 year ago

      unions would probably make sure all juniors have to work weekends. kinda like airline unions make juniors work 10x unpaid labor hours than the seniors

        • jdeath@lemm.eeEnglish
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          1 year ago

          how would you know ahead of time? mostly (in USA at least) you don’t get a choice. when you join a job if they have a union you have to join, even if its corrupt. how can you prevent them from becoming corrupt?

    • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      1 year 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.

    • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Change Windows. You can’t take shit down during the work day.

      Everywhere I’ve worked (many very large companies, banks, telecom, outsourced IT, etc) teams have coverage schedules, so I suspect this article is misleading.

      Someone has to mind things 24/7, this is done via scheduling.

      And the more critical you are, the more on-call you are. I had one role where I was on call 24/7. Things rarely broke enough for me to be called, but I never once resented when I was called. I’d rather get woken up at 2am because my help is needed than have the risk that our systems aren’t ready for the day.