Comment on Ask HN: Meeting overload – how many do you have daily/weekly?Comments−ethanwillis6yAt least 5 hours per week. ~1 hour long standups each day in the middle of the day. Then ~monthly 1 on 1s for an hour.−icedchai6yThose "standups" sound like pure hell. How many people are on your team? You should be complaining regularly until the situation changes.−ethanwillis6yOnly 2 other devs and 1 sysadmin. I've only been in this job for a few months so it hasn't worn on me yet, but it is definitely starting to.−icedchai6yAt least your team is correctly sized, so there is some hope.At a previous company, we had 12 people in a standup. It took about an hour. (I didn't stay there long.)−danpalmer6yWhat do you do in a 1 hour long standup.And please don't say "sit down".−ethanwillis6yUnfortunately.. we sit down.−pensatoio6y~1hr long "standups" are not standups
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At least 5 hours per week. ~1 hour long standups each day in the middle of the day. Then ~monthly 1 on 1s for an hour.
Those "standups" sound like pure hell. How many people are on your team? You should be complaining regularly until the situation changes.
Only 2 other devs and 1 sysadmin. I've only been in this job for a few months so it hasn't worn on me yet, but it is definitely starting to.
At least your team is correctly sized, so there is some hope.
At a previous company, we had 12 people in a standup. It took about an hour. (I didn't stay there long.)
What do you do in a 1 hour long standup.
And please don't say "sit down".
Unfortunately.. we sit down.
~1hr long "standups" are not standups