> But when you suggest that no work is accomplished in any meeting, you're wrong.

This is where we disagree. Talking about work isn't tangible work. Talking unblocks work, to a point.

> I'm sorry you've had such a bad experience with meetings; it must be common or the stereotype wouldn't exist.

Given that my experience spans roughly 15 years, major corporations, small and large startups, in both management (director, VP, and C-level roles) and engineering (software, systems) I'm inclined to trust my experience that meetings are generally a work-substitution mechanism and a means of furthering political/social career advancement, and bad PMs (which is, sadly, most of them) are the worst offenders of them all.