[wisty]

A lot of engineers hate documentation and meetings. It's their managers job to make sure they do the boring stuff that the organisation needs.

If a manager says "remember to do some meetings" at the start of the year then never follows up on ensuring those meetings are actually effective, those meetings might be a waste of time. If they say "remember to do some documentation" at the start of the year and never follows up the documentation will be a waste of time.

If managers are spending more time making meetings a big priority, maybe it's because unlike documentation they get to feel like a real leader because they are running effective meetings. Maybe managers just like meetings more than documentation. Maybe it's higher value to the organisation as a whole, but I doubt it.