My coffee break Wikipedia dive says the average office worker spends 6 years of their life in meetings, which feels like a lot but maybe some are actually useful?

I found that stat on a random fact site during my 10 minute break today, and it made me wonder if all that meeting time is truly wasted or if the good planning ones (like our Tuesday stand-ups) make the rest worth it.

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the_susan1mo ago

You mention Tuesday stand-ups being useful, but I've found even those often waste time rehashing emails. The stat feels low because so many meetings just repeat information. Good planning is rare enough that six years sounds optimistic.

susan_bell25d ago

What if the emails are the real waste of time?

alex30729d ago

Yeah, the "good planning is rare" part hits hard. I started asking for a clear goal at the start of every meeting, and it cuts out so much of the repeat stuff.