Most companies are doing SRE wrong.
Hiring SREs doesn’t make you reliable. Metrics dashboards don’t guarantee accountability. And cultural change doesn’t happen because you wrote it on a slide deck.
In this episode, Duncan Mapes and Jason Ehmke push back against the misconceptions. They argue that SRE isn’t a bolt-on team but a systemic shift in how engineering works. Without shared accountability, meaningful metrics, and cultural buy-in, SRE will fail.
And no, copying Google’s model isn’t the answer.
If you think SRE is just a headcount play, this episode will challenge everything you believe. Got a different perspective? Drop us a review, share your comments, and send your toughest SRE questions our way.