I'm the kind of person who likes to write stuff out while planning or figuring something out.

At my last workplace, I was chewed out for doing so because apparently I was "wasting time".

But we ended up wasting a lot more time over subsequent months because nothing was concrete, so plans kept changing, people constantly misunderstood, stuff had to be re-explained and discussed with people who'd forgotten or hadn't paid attention or who'd joined the team late, it was a mess and it really kinda pissed me off.

My current workplace is better in this regard, where stuff can be planned and finalised and put to paper before we begin working on the implementation.