[lynx97]

I trust you thats the case for your environment. Where I work, useless meetings started to explode March 2020, and never went away.

[jannyfer]

Were you born in 1997? If so, it’s possible you just weren’t senior enough to see the 80% meeting workday prior to COVID.

[data_marsupial]

There was a big step change in my experience, enabled by the adoption of Teams for remote work and the resulting ease of scheduling meetings. Previously meetings had always required the organiser to book a room.

[lynx97]

Weird guess. No, you're off by 18 years. However, I am not working in a software shop.

[adwn]

> Weird guess.

The guess probably stems from the number in your user name: 97.

[lynx97]

Ahh, right! That is actually a reference to Terminator... 29, August 1997...

[smidgeon]

Peak HN