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.

  • sunzu
    7•5 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]English
      17•5 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
        3•5 months ago

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

      • sunzu
        2•5 months ago

        Sounds like a management issue IMHO

        Maybe people should organize and deny these leaders cheap labour?

          • sunzu
            2•5 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