I’m not sure what to make of this. If this is coming from the perspective of a young person who has only ever been in an academic environment and never worked

I’m not sure what to make of this. If this is coming from the perspective of a young person who has only ever been in an academic environment and never worked in a collaborative job, I would say “okay, well welcome to work, where half an hour is considered a ‘brief call’. Sorry if it comes as a surprise, but you’ll get used to it” If it’s coming from someone who has workplace experience.. then I am both confused as to how you have managed this feat, and also surprised that you would be unaware that other people consider half an hour to an hour to be a fairly normal length for a conversation.