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Ask HN: Who still works async and has a 'no meetings' work policy in 2026?

6•RaulOnRails•12h ago
I feel like the hustle culture is more prominent and celebrated these days. But I'm curious to know if there are still companies out there that prefer to keep meetings to a minimum, or none at all, to optimize for autonomy, trust, and giving people the space to do their work in silence.

A few companies that come to my mind now that still work this way are: doist, dnsimple, Cliniko, Calibre, HeadshotPro.

Any others?

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gls2ro•11h ago
I am not working for them, but I heard about https://hubstaff.com that they have almost no meetings.

Maybe someone who is working for them can confirm or add more details about it.

RaulOnRails•9h ago
ha! I used to work there until 2020. They have almost no meetings because they have all those employee monitoring tools: mouse/keyboard activity tracking, browser URLs tracking, screenshots every X minutes, etc.
theorchid•8h ago
When I work as a project manager or team lead in a company, it takes me a lot of time at the beginning to convince the founders that I can work without constant communication and that the whole team can do the same. In some companies, I manage to convince the owners of this, in others I don't.

Many business founders are willing to spend entire days on meetings, even though everything can be discussed asynchronously via text, and even faster.

I know that most developers dislike meetings and conference calls, and as a team lead, I consider it my duty to allow them to work without meetings.

When I launch my startups, I always organize the work of the entire team at the very beginning so that it can function without a single conference call. As a founder, I have never needed to call anyone on the team to resolve any issues.

RaulOnRails•5h ago
Love to hear this!

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