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I found stand-ups problematic.

Often they are introduced, because...

...some higher ups have the feeling things aren't going their way.

OR

...some people aren't available for questions somehow and you want to pin them down for at least 10min a day to get some information out of them.

In both cases the stand-up is just a band-aid for deeper issues like missing or broken processes, Miscommunication or simple that no-one cares enough to talk to each other anymore.

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The habit of skipping them for whatever reason is also problematic. If you so easily skip them (as a team or as individual(s)), why have them in the first place?

Just like anything else, I've seen them done well, but also badly. My current stand-ups last probably 10 mins (never more than 15 mins). It generates questions and discussions that are carried out after the stand-up with a more focused group.

If you aim for "transparency" in your process and company culture, I think stand-ups are not intimidating and are not waste of time.

I don't think that talking with groups on a regular basis is a bad idea.

I just think, if such things have to happen synchronously every day, something is going wrong.

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