I commend the attempt.

It's always been like that.

Most corporate jobs were meant to keep qualified people away from doing so many of those corporate things so much better.

my last huge corporation job lasted 7 years, and just like you alluded to, ended up with pointless meetings 5 hours a day, leaving 3 hours to do what most do in 8. But hey, you need to stick around long enough to get vested for nice delayed benefits, and mgmt knows this.