[sinwise]

There are many things to ask to my manager (non-meeting days, remove non mandatory people from invites, open team discussion on the topic). I guess this is more of a culture thing at work where everyone is "expected" to show up. I see my boss' situation as even worst (although one might argue that that is his job, I see this as quite unhealthy no matter the role)

[snapdaddy]

The opposite viewpoint is that you are being included in these meetings so that you can prevent bad decisions by management. What if you aren't in a meeting where it is decided that you should implement feature x because they imagine it to be low cost, not realising the complexity?