Sadly, they are not alone.
Last year, Avinor (Norways sole ATS provider) tried to fire a controller that set rate zero on his sector during night shift at Bodø ATCC.
He needed a brake after 5 hrs without brake on a 350x100nm sector. (Soth+Central sectors combined) There was no one to relive him. The other guy at work that night was working North+East+ Oceanic.
He did not want to become the next Überlingen, but management (SATCO at the ATCC) actually said this as a response:
"It's OK to sleep at the console during periods of no traffic"
Great..............
Needless to say, due to this (And a lot of other things) the relation between controllers and management are cr@ap in Norway today