9:30 am-9 pm marked as early log off by client

[Nakul]

Hi,

Our US client has told senior management that we are asking for an early log off at 9 pm. We have daily calls at 9:30 am and random unscheduled calls arranged by our lead. We work continuously from 9:30 am without proper breaks, so we can't even take a decent lunch. We log off at 9 pm and the client isn't happy. Is this the new normal? It doesn't stop there - a colleague who was serving notice was asked to work past 7 pm and was reported.

[Krishna]

Start late in the morning.

[Harendra]

It depends on what your company promised the client and how many hours you're billing for.

[Falguni]

This is not normal

[Aishwarya]

No, it's not normal. Either speak up for yourself or switch. Generally, people who don't want or can't switch end up normalising this.

[Aarohi]

Time to switch companies, this is messed up.

[Rahul]

Sounds like a typical Lala service company.

[Darshan]

Name and shame the company.

[Raghav]

It happened to me too when I worked for an MNC. People kept asking me to join daily stand‑up calls at 10 am while my shift started at 2 pm. So I ended up working from 10 am to about 11 pm on average. I quit the company a few months later.

[Amitabh]

Some US clients are like this - they want the best return on their investment and know we have little choice. EU clients are far better when it comes to work-life balance.

[Ganesh]

Our client wants us to attend meetings in their morning, usually from 9 am to 11 am, but we don't log in early - we log in around 2‑3 pm depending on late‑night calls. The problem isn't the client; it's your company expecting you to join at 9:30 am.