I went to a smaller company (<100 people) thinking that there would be less of this type of inefficiency. Then they hire a Scrum master and now it takes longer

I went to a smaller company (<100 people) thinking that there would be less of this type of inefficiency. Then they hire a Scrum master and now it takes longer to gather specs, write documents, create tickets with points, bikeshed and divy up work (ignoring the 3-5 hours of associated weekly meetings) than actually completing the task. Even simple changes are now difficult. The worst part is that perception and behaviors change, since the requesting party thinks "this should be a 2 hour change" and it takes 2+ weeks to due to process-- the fastest way to inhibit changes are making them riskier due to more effort/buy in from disparate parties, so you get more stagnation. Yea, rigid frameworks will help flush out loafers, but couldn't the same be done with a software type solution or even competent management?