[tamaatar]

This I can certainly relate to. In India wherever you go in the IT industry you are expected to forget about your life,family and just focus on minting money for your employer and for Shitty pay.

I have 10 years experience in the industry and I have worked for bodyshops,niche hip companies and for awesome startup(s). In all of them,shamelessly expecting you to work extra hours, sometime 15+ is a norm. And when it comes to paying you for it, you are handed a nice package of politics and bullshit. I kind of admire people who somehow manage to use politics or whatever to actually chill and not work at all. At least they are less stressed. Not good programmers in India. yeah right. Pay them well. care about their life and create a reputation for your company to do that and see how they come to you.

Its not just the employer's fault really. I am now in a different country and nobody expects anyone to work after 6. because nobody will do that. We Indians accept it ourselves. A lot of them actually take pride in having no life and spending all the time in office. I hate them from the bottom of my heart.

[brianbreslin]

what is a bodyshop? in the united states a body shop is where they repair cars

[tamaatar]

Ah it just means one of those huge outsourcing companies. Infosys,Wipro,TCS.