As a developer I have absolutely no qualms with the weekly meetings and since we're fully remote, it's actually nice to be in touch with my team mates, even if they talk about the part they're doing right now for a while.
What I had issues with in the past is forced daily meeting (on top of other meetings) that just created stress and fatigue for me. Starting my day with a standup was literally the worst way to start it ever.
Daily is a very different psychological load. Even when it's "only 15 minutes" it can dominate the start of the day and make every morning feel like a small performance review...
In contrast, I always advocated for my teams to stand up in the morning as a way to set the agenda for the day and make sure everyone was clear about what they were going to work on, as well as have an opportunity to schedule meetings with each other if needed. After that, we were done and the rest of the day was yours.
> set the agenda for the day
Were 90% of the agendas "working on the same thing as yesterday"? Did no-one know what they were doing that day until they had the daily meeting?
Do that at the end of the day, not the beginning - review the work you've done and the work you are going to do, and then do not waste my mornings where I am productive on meetings - I probably spend less than 10% of my creative effort possible because of this morning meeting crap.
Glad I’m not part of your team. Morning is the most productive time for me, the less human interaction about “accountability” and “agenda” for the day I have the better.
> as well as have an opportunity to schedule meetings with each other if needed.
Ah yes, because sending meeting invites is such a burden you need another meeting to do it in, wasting the time of everyone else involved.