If you are on call and you receive a call at say 3:45 am and you resolve the issue by 4:30 am. Is it then worth trying to go back to sleep to wake up for work the next day or should you just stay awake and power through it?
I’m asking because this happened to me and I went back to bed, did not feel tired at all and when I eventually fell asleep I got maybe an hour of extra sleep and I felt like complete garbage when my alarm went off and pretty much like that for the remainder of the day. Whereas I feel like if I just stayed awake for the extra time after 4:30 am I might have not felt as bad?
What are your opinions on this?
Edit: I’m appreciating all the responses and taking the information in. Sounds like this is not a clear cut case that is a simple yes do this or no don’t do that.
Also why not come in later and take that time in the morning?
1 carpark, carpool with partner at a set starting time or else pay thousands of dollars for parking per year. It’s not really worth it end of the day.
I would think that an on-call night would make for an automatic work from home day + sleeping in the following day.