I worked for an ad agency in Florida and I can tell you that the meetings were an excuse for the account managers and owner to feel like they were being product

I worked for an ad agency in Florida and I can tell you that the meetings were an excuse for the account managers and owner to feel like they were being productive, all while the doers had to spend extra time before/after work in order to catch up. I've never had a meeting wherein we resolved an issue that couldn't have been resolved via a Skype chat or email.