# The Science of On-Call Burnout: Why "How Are You Doing?" Always Gets "Fine"

URL: https://www.sylvainkalache.com/content/the-science-of-on-call-burnout-why-how-are-you-doing-always-gets-fine

Category: talk
Date: 2026-05-06
Publication: DevOpsDays Austin
Sylvain Kalache's role: speaker
Duration: 20 minutes

[Original source](https://talks.devopsdays.org/devopsdays-austin-2026/talk/WZEVJQ/)

Why traditional burnout detection fails in engineering teams. Connecting Maslach's burnout research and the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory to observable on-call metrics, and demonstrating that observed data outperforms subjective self-reporting.

## Topics

- [SRE](https://www.sylvainkalache.com/topics/sre.md)
- [Incident Management](https://www.sylvainkalache.com/topics/incident-management.md)
- [On-Call](https://www.sylvainkalache.com/topics/on-call.md)
- [Burnout](https://www.sylvainkalache.com/topics/burnout.md)