It’s not 5 seconds! There are definitely a few activities I do at my home that I can’t drop in a few minutes notice (extended toilet break?) but I I can think of a ton of things I can do that would still let me be able to start working on my pc with a few minutes heads up.
I have a kid, so sometimes I can't drop what I'm doing. If I am required to be on-call at 5min response, that means I'm hiring a nanny/babysitter. That's what you all don't get here, people have complex lives outside of work and workplaces should not be shortchanging you or I in order to scrimp and save on customer support.
If it is important for the application to be up 24/7, the company needs to pay for it at the usual rate!
