Working from home changed the game for me. I used to sit outside of the busiest conference room on the floor and not only did it affect me, but it opened my eyes to how many meetings people were going to.
I understand PMs being in a bunch of meetings, but I'd see devs and testers in that room multiple times a day. The worst would be how many 3 minute meetings would go on there that started 2 minutes late. People would show up a minute early, leave a few minutes later, then be back to their desk a minute later. They probably tuned out of work five minutes before that, wasted five or so minutes with this "meeting", then weren't back in the flow for another 10 minutes after that. Some useless or empty "status update" cost 25 minutes, and I think that's being pretty generous.
I understand PMs being in a bunch of meetings, but I'd see devs and testers in that room multiple times a day. The worst would be how many 3 minute meetings would go on there that started 2 minutes late. People would show up a minute early, leave a few minutes later, then be back to their desk a minute later. They probably tuned out of work five minutes before that, wasted five or so minutes with this "meeting", then weren't back in the flow for another 10 minutes after that. Some useless or empty "status update" cost 25 minutes, and I think that's being pretty generous.