[fragola]

>Personally, I would like to make it a requirement of my next job search that if the company does a standup, I'm not taking their offer.

I think that's a bit extreme. My current team has a standup that is quite useful. It's a few minutes, and we often end up canceling other meetings as a result of it. Standup, like any other meeting, is not evil by itself. But I would have agreed with you one year ago when I'd only been in Evil Standup.

[20yrs_no_equity]

An alternative would be to stay for one of the teams standup. Or maybe in the interview I can ask "How long is your average standup? Do people have to stand up for it?"

TBH, if you won't let me sit down for a standup (Even 10 minutes) then I'm not working there. Even if its a 10 minute standup, I'm only talking for 1 minute. Having to stand for 9 while other people say irrelevant things (in my experience) is just jerk behavior.

Now, I'm sure they are wonderful at your company. But it's like religion. YOU may love your christian god, but I don't get it, and Its never worked for me. Fine for you... but a problem when people say that everyone should be doing it, and if it isn't working then you're doing it wrong.