Incident Burnout Watch

Long incident weeks burn out engineers. The signs to watch and the protocol to intervene.

Signs

Three or more sleepless nights in a week.

Engineer making mistakes that rested-them would not make.

Withdrawal from team interactions.

Intervene

Pull the engineer off-rotation. Bring in a backup.

Make rest mandatory; managers enforce, not engineers self-regulate.

Recover

Two days off minimum. Some engineers need a week.

Return phased: shadow first, then back to rotation.