"First off, I think it's very interesting that the blogger characterized the assumption of promotion to be a very Indian/Asian thing, because it's absolutely so

"First off, I think it's very interesting that the blogger characterized the assumption of promotion to be a very Indian/Asian thing, because it's absolutely something that, in America, is considered a very American thing!" I've worked in the United States :-) (I am the blogger). Believe you me India takes Office politics to a whole new level that Americans can only dream of :-). Partly this comes from the fact that the Indian managers of "offshore dev centres" don't have any real power to make decisions(as compared to their American counterparts). Besides, society is far more hierarchical than in America, which reflects in the work place. Etc etc but office politics is really bad in India. As an example one of my (Indian) friends recently moved back from Google Bangalore to Mountain View because he couldn't stand the level of politicking here.