I've had daily standup calls spanning multiple time zones (US, India, UK) with 30+ people in which take an hour. I've had in-person standups which regularly tu

I've had daily standup calls spanning multiple time zones (US, India, UK) with 30+ people in which take an hour. I've had in-person standups which regularly turn into design meetings between two people, which everyone else has to listen to for half an hour. I've had 5 minute 9:30am daily standups which always start between 5 and 20 minutes late, thus are significantly disruptive. Arrive at 9, get a drink, try to pick up where I left off yesterday, oh it's time for the standup. Not yet? OK, where was I? Oh now? But Dan is on the phone? Alright, in 5 mins? ...First hour of the day down the toilet. I've had standups where people are told off for trying to communicate any sort of useful information - so people just list the people they need to talk to that day. And of course in a small company there might only be 8 developers, often working on 4 totally separate things for different clients, but there has to be a standup with everyone just because management can't figure out how to use Jira properly. I've had enough of standups. I've switched to working afternoons only for my current client so I can avoid the bloody things.