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[–] TheDoozer@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Theoretically a group phone call would work, but that would be even more challenging than the meeting. In my shop, I need to know what the other shops are doing to provide personnel if needed, a lot of work is shared between shops, and often plans for the day are not developed until that brief. It's not just my shop directly being assigned work, it's a collaborative meeting.

And the meeting that I lead can't be emails, because we have 2 shared computers for anywhere from 2 to 8 people who will be in the shop any given day (and it takes 5-10 minutes to log onto one of our computers. At least.). And in general we don't want them hanging out on computers, we want them tasked and heading out to work as soon as possible.

All in all, it's 15-20 minutes and gives everyone direction for the day. I haven't come across anyone that has found them to not be worthwhile in my workplace.