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Depends how they're done.

I try to push for people to actually stand up during a stand up, because that encourages the meeting to be short and to the point, not an hour of pointless waffle (and if it's an hour long meeting, waffle is probably an apt description).



YES. I remember watching day in the life of a se videos like 7 years ago when I was 18ish and vaguely considering the career (I didn't go for it and took a long route), and I remember distinctly that the whole point of stand up was that you STAND. it's in the name and its like that for a reason. Now, having started in the industry, I was so confused that people ignore the whole imperative of the name and make it into the exact sort of sprawling business meeting that it's not supposed to be.


Standing up is not enough for some managers to cut it short. I recommend standing on one leg, or keeping your arms raised.


I once worked at a company that decided to do Samson's chair during standup.

It was brutally effective, especially those who went last sounded like a new Eminem single. Standupps went from >30 to <1 minute immediately


I just had to look that up. It’s another name for a wall sit. Brutal!


I can't stand for more than a couple minutes before my back hurts.

I propose that whoever is talking must stand. This punishes people who get into details of their task, and nobody else.




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