Manager from various departments plays major role politicians
You won't get any opportunities even though you work hard
But, you will get all opportunities when you're close to CERTAIN managers... CERTAIN.
If you're ready to work as a spy to manager then you'll be eligible for multiple opportunities, hikes and everything, what ever mistakes done by you even it's illegal you will be saved orelse you will be thrown out by cornering with silly monitoring tools
Onsite people will have good opinion about team players but those politicians will discourage you
Finally, India information technology manager spoils the entire team just for the sake of he wanted to be in good books of higher.