My view is that raises and promotions don't tie to whether someone is heared or not. If one criteria matters, it's negociating skills. After that probably comes

My view is that raises and promotions don't tie to whether someone is heared or not. If one criteria matters, it's negociating skills. After that probably comes competence. Not joining meetings should provide you with as much time saved to focus on actual work. Growing competence, and lead to higher/better throuput. I've seen a number of people playing the "let's be heard/noisy" card. It often works for a while but not in the long term. Time spent at "work" can be spent with a short sighted objective, or a long one. Even if I made a mistake of interpretation and attending meetings can result in better outcomes, I would still favor mental health and maximising time spent to improving my competence, over fears to loose my job or not getting a promotion raises from the current employer.