That's nothing. At my last job we used to have weekly 'status' meetings that always turned into 3-4 hour fantasy brainstorming sessions about all the fantastic

That's nothing. At my last job we used to have weekly 'status' meetings that always turned into 3-4 hour fantasy brainstorming sessions about all the fantastic features we could someday add to our product. Since I have pretty low tolerance for unpleasant activities that are a complete waste of time I would usually lose my fucking mind near hour 2 and then storm out of the meeting to go back to work. At least at your job people really accomplished things worth bragging about rather than just sitting around and talking endlessly about all the great things they could imagine themselves accomplishing.