The meeting in question may have been with their therapist, based on the context.

Good luck with pushing that narrative. In my entire career, no company has been able to do that. My last company had 30 hours of meetings per week.

Shopify is trying:

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/12/tech/shopify-meeting-cost-cal...

But yes, after we were bought by $veryLargeCo my meeting load roughly tripled.