So, do you agree that managerial oversight is increasing or not? Of course standups can be helpful and unobtrusive, but they also often degrade into shamefests with the sole purpose of forcing everybody to conjure up reasons why they are not done yet.
And of course I agree that they are not the most annoying thing possible. Let's wait a few more years until something like DingTalk (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17678571) becomes popular in Western companies.
Managerial oversight is increasing as a general trend? I have no data one way or the other.
Standups increase managerial oversight compared to not having them? True... as far as it goes. The thing is, management is going to make decisions based on something. Having them make decisions with no data leads to bad outcomes, so they've got to get the data somehow. If you've got a way for them to get the data that's less intrusive to workers' time than standups, I'd like to hear what it is. (Seriously. I've got standups now, and if you've got a better way, I'm not above copying it.)
And of course I agree that they are not the most annoying thing possible. Let's wait a few more years until something like DingTalk (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17678571) becomes popular in Western companies.