I can’t decide if meetings are a great way to keep everyone on a team productive or just passing (wasting) the time.
Mostly I think they’re for the good of a team- I find myself on a team, for example, that does seem to be brought together by their meetings twice each week. If nothing else, it’s a good chance to vent and decide who’s tackling what problem.
But all of this begs a more important question. How long are the meetings at Google where they decide what anniversary to celebrate with their logos that week?