Some snapshots from the survey :
Software professionals with 10 years’ experience in a Top 10 company make, on an average, a little over Rs 11 lakh a year.
The top-end salary that DQ encountered was for a vice-president in one of these companies—Rs 4 crore per year! But hang on, he is based in the US and this is the rupee conversion of his total package.
At the lower and middle levels, perks are all but negligible. It is only at very high levels that perks actually start having a meaningful presence.
There is a freeze on increments across the board. While no one is talking about it, harsh times have ensured that no one is complaining about it either.
("1 crore" ==> 10 million
"1 lakh" (or "1 lac") ==> 100 thousand
"10 lakhs" ==> 1 million.
Currency : approx : 100INR ==> 4SGD)
But, then, compare the DQ survey with this article on Pay Hikes in IT (in India) this year.