15-20 minutes per week of pointless non-value chit-chat talk on a meeting with coworkers is time well spent. Don't forget to ask them about something you remember about them from last week.
That time is better spent over lunch explicitly relaxing rather than in a meeting which people trade off against other things.
3 minutes is fine and re-enforces a relationship. but when it rolls on into 15-20 for a regular meeting among folks who already know each other, then it sets people up for not working efficiently and thereby not getting home on time.
3 minutes is fine and re-enforces a relationship. but when it rolls on into 15-20 for a regular meeting among folks who already know each other, then it sets people up for not working efficiently and thereby not getting home on time.