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Testing in the IT services firms in India, well, atleast most of them.

Note - Cuss words ahead. After a few yrs of wasting my career around no good losers, this is the best way I think to make your point. Sorry for any grammatical errors, if any. English is not my first language and I am trying to be good at it. Its Saturday, early (very early) Morning in India and my Manager just can't wait for the Sun to rise. Guess why? Friday was the delivery day for the plethora of changes our client sitting in US, who does not even feel the need to have a dedicated tester in his team, had ordered. And btw, in India, the tag for an employee not being 'Billed' to the client is, 'Non Billable'. How tough was that to guess? Back to the point. Now the unreasonable part of a tester's life in an average IT services company in India. In the following discussion, Manager: M and Tester: T M: We have promised the date from the client. Can't let him down again, we're fast losing his trust because of frequent issues he keeps getting. T: