[shailesh]

One should never work for any management that values hours spent rather than value created. But then, it also translates to work visibly.

[nawitus]

Show me one company that can accurately measure value created. It's the holy grail of management in software engineering. Anyway, in such a company you as a software engineer could be able to work (say) only 30h/week, so there's no overtime problem.

[vonmoltke]

By extension, you should avoid working for companies whose customers pay more attention to hours billed than products delivered.

[shailesh]

This advise (sentence) is worth its weight in pure gold. Kudos!

[jimwalsh]

Many, many Fortune 500 companies still have plenty of old guard managers that think that hours spent is the most important metric out there. They are the same ones that can't grasp how to manage team members they can't see/touch.