Jury duty standby all week is the worst

For those not familiar: in this county they'll tell you to check in online every day after 5pm, then on Friday during a specific hour. You may get called in, you may not.

Worst system. Absolutely awful. I'd rather go in one day in person and get dismissed than check in every day, and then every hour. Never had an experience like this with jury duty. I can see some logic in that people would prefer this over having to physically go to the place but keeping someone on the hook for the whole week, and then that final message saying check in again around noon, it's bullshit. How does someone plan their week with this? "Hey boss, I may be out some days, but I may not, or I may get called in on Friday at lunch and I'll have to leave." It's absurd.

Do people like this as a jury duty process?