[leros]

What you are experiencing is not normal development culture. It is common, yes, but normal or healthy.

It sounds like you're working with a bunch of workaholics who don't mind working outside normal hours and built a company culture around that expectation.

I work with colleagues around the world and we stay disciplined within good parts of the day and using async communication for everything else. It's not hard to do at all, but it does mean the workaholic upper management folks need to exercise self restraint and patience when scheduling meetings.

You can try setting more strict boundaries for your work hours. It may or may not work. You might be seen as lazy or not a team player. In that case, the honest truth is that you're in a toxic workplace.