Looking at some of the reasons that Tyler Cowen proposes for why meetings are so bad [0], it seems you don't like meetings whose purpose is any of the following:
> to instruct everyone in the nature of an idea....“We need to get everyone on board.” Ho hum.
> to flex muscles and show a demonstration of power/support for a person or idea
> so that everyone can feel involved in a decision
And all of these can be frustrating.
To quote another Cowenism: "context is that which is scarce" [1]. I've had exactly one corporate job and I had absolutely no clue what we were talking about at meetings and I typically tuned out. But when I tuned in and asked questions -- things like, "you mentioned [some person] i've never heard of, who is she?" or "what was that acronym you just used?", my coworkers would typically pause and explain what they were talking about, and sometimes, I got the sense that they were made aware of how inscrutable their evolved conversation was to newcomers.
I don't think it was malice or a deliberate power move, I think they were just not actively thinking about how scarce context is and how, if we want to clue people in, we need to make an active effort to do so.
I left that job after about 9 months and found a place where the stuff that people say at meetings generally makes sense. It's a sign of culture fit.
> to instruct everyone in the nature of an idea....“We need to get everyone on board.” Ho hum.
> to flex muscles and show a demonstration of power/support for a person or idea
> so that everyone can feel involved in a decision
And all of these can be frustrating.
To quote another Cowenism: "context is that which is scarce" [1]. I've had exactly one corporate job and I had absolutely no clue what we were talking about at meetings and I typically tuned out. But when I tuned in and asked questions -- things like, "you mentioned [some person] i've never heard of, who is she?" or "what was that acronym you just used?", my coworkers would typically pause and explain what they were talking about, and sometimes, I got the sense that they were made aware of how inscrutable their evolved conversation was to newcomers.
I don't think it was malice or a deliberate power move, I think they were just not actively thinking about how scarce context is and how, if we want to clue people in, we need to make an active effort to do so.
I left that job after about 9 months and found a place where the stuff that people say at meetings generally makes sense. It's a sign of culture fit.
[0] https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2022/01/wh...
[1] https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2021/12/co...