> I think it is a life-sucking batch of meetings that are good for one thing: taking developers who can’t or don’t want to see the overall business/architecture

> I think it is a life-sucking batch of meetings that are good for one thing: taking developers who can’t or don’t want to see the overall business/architecture picture and getting useful work out of them. If I'm being onboarded at some project, I expect to be provided that description as early as possible. Compensating for broken communication by enforcing a life-sucking batch of meetings doesn't seem right.