No one with half a backbone should be willing to do scheduled work all day and then during any portion of the night.
You need to build a resilient system, and that's gonna cost you. It's a lot less fun than adding features, which is why business people tend to put it off and instead manipulate the tech people into working crazy hours.
The 24/7 web culture is dying. Adjust your business plan accordingly.
That sucks. Whilst we're able to do most work during the 9-5, there's the odd time I'll come in at 5 or the IT manager works a Saturday because we have to take down key infrastructure to work on it.
If your working environment is good, it's pretty easy to just say "I'll take tomorrow off and come in to do it on Saturday" without feeling like you're getting taken advantage of.
You need to build a resilient system, and that's gonna cost you. It's a lot less fun than adding features, which is why business people tend to put it off and instead manipulate the tech people into working crazy hours.
The 24/7 web culture is dying. Adjust your business plan accordingly.