Ask HN: How much of your time is spent in meetings?
If you're a developer for a 'big corp' how much of your time (% or hrs) a week is spent in meetings?
At a new 'big corp' job, and the amount of meetings seems far larger than other employers. To the point of a meeting every other hour, killing productivity. Hoping to get a better understanding of what would be considered normal/average in large organizations.
Aside from an all employees gathering, the biggest meeting yet involved two entire teams (~15ppl not all developers) for a full hour of discussion. For comparison, I had to get approval to order a $40 laptop stand, and estimating the meeting to be worth about $600 of salary time called on a whim.
EDIT (to clarify what counts):
Agile/scrum company, and we don't count first day of sprint (spring planning) or last day (sprint reviews).
At a new 'big corp' job, and the amount of meetings seems far larger than other employers. To the point of a meeting every other hour, killing productivity. Hoping to get a better understanding of what would be considered normal/average in large organizations.
Aside from an all employees gathering, the biggest meeting yet involved two entire teams (~15ppl not all developers) for a full hour of discussion. For comparison, I had to get approval to order a $40 laptop stand, and estimating the meeting to be worth about $600 of salary time called on a whim.
EDIT (to clarify what counts): Agile/scrum company, and we don't count first day of sprint (spring planning) or last day (sprint reviews).