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.

  • Neato
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    5 months ago

    If you’re paying someone to always be on call then they are always working. Just because you don’t always need them doesn’t mean they aren’t working. You’re paying for their availability.

    • sunzu
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      75 months ago

      I agree with this but I think point is that yes they are on call all the time but in exchange they get a lot of down time to live their lives.

      Not sure it is fair I don’t work like that and I don’t think I can.

      Nurse model seems to make more sense where there is on call list and you get paid for that time.

      • @[email protected]
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        175 months ago

        IMO sitting at my desk, watching logs or waiting for something to come in isn’t living my life. I can’t do my hobbies, I can’t play video games, drink a beer, watch a movie, hang out with my friends, etc. Browsing lemmy or youtube isn’t exactly living my life. As long as I’m at that desk, I’m working.

        • sunzu
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          35 months ago

          All fair points and agree… If I am on the clock, I am working. Work flow is management issue

        • sunzu
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          25 months ago

          Sounds like a management issue IMHO

          Maybe people should organize and deny these leaders cheap labour?

            • sunzu
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              25 months ago

              Sounds like the sort of challenging market conditions executives get paid big money to solve…

              I know god forbid these people have to do any work lol