[burned_out]

Attending meetings is valued here. Otherwise you risk being seen as disrespectful to the manager that invited you as a non-optional attendee.

But you may be on to something. The situation is pretty chaotic and I honestly don’t feel like I can help anyone, which is demotivating to me.

The organization has become too bureaucratic too political and I am not in the position to make changes, even if I knew what to change in these circumstances.