> I think some people forget this when they go into their first professional office job, and revert back to primary school mentality: I have to go to this usele

> I think some people forget this when they go into their first professional office job, and revert back to primary school mentality: I have to go to this useless meeting! Boss says I need to be there, so what can I do?? Because often, that's exactly how people are being treated. There's still a very strong trend in management philosophy that says that Manager Knows Best, and their direct reports just need to do whatever they say, Or Else. And any pushback against that is just going to be seen as insubordination—proof that that employee is a troublemaker who needs to be disciplined. It's a self-perpetuating philosophy because of that, and it can be very hard to convince a manager who's deeply invested in the belief that he's a superior being compared to his subordinates that this philosophy is neither correct nor productive.