Yeah it happens a lot (well with at least 10 mins more). At my job people are given 40 hours (or more, without overtime) of work to be done, and then call meetings that eat up into those hours, so ending early gives people back the time the meeting took away from them.

I hear it at the end of almost every single meeting and it's typically for less than five minutes. I've had people get near the end of a meeting, extend it by half an hour, but only go 15min over, and then still say they're giving us time back

Yeah, although I appreciate those minutes because my dailies overlap with the time interval my body decides is time to take a shit

Yes

I’ve been told I’ve been given “the gift of time”

Edit: This is how I read your comment: https://youtu.be/guv5LUT1AFw

I hear it daily.

Eh, I hear it a lot at my job. But that’s because meetings usually go way longer than they should. So anytime it ends early people are quite pleased.

In my experience it's usually when the meeting ends like 30 minutes before it's scheduled to.

Boss does it regularly

Yeah.. I do hear it a lot.

My management tricks (which came from being managed) included calling for a 90 minute meeting if I needed 45 minutes, and bring snacks.

Oh and when someone finishes an all day job in half a day, let them goof off for the rest of the day.

But then I believed that whole happy workers are maximally productive workers thing that, well, every serious management study reports.

Or just 5 minutes to close your eyes and clear your mind. When you have back to back meetings most of the day, it's pretty nice.

It's probably only relatable if you have a corporate job.

I think they hope it's satire.