Meetings
Meetings... nobody likes them, well, except for a few showboaters, but in general, they seem to just get in the way of getting things done.
The semiconductor design field definitely has its share of meetings, and possibly more. This is often due to circuit designs having to be "standards compliant" or because a particular circuit block needs to inter-operate with another block being designed by another team. These kind of roadblocks or potential conflicts are solved by holding meetings where everyone gets together, either virtually or in-person, and hashes-out what needs to be done.
Sadly, as with any business, the meetings rarely produced immediate results and often, you'll attend several meetings over several weeks to solve one little issue. Just because most of the people in the room are engineers and very smart doesn't mean they are any more effective at choosing a solution. Possibly, engineers might be worse because they often succumb to "featureitis" where they want to keep changing and improving things. This is the engineer's nature, and it's normally OK, but in meetings, it can lead to monumental levels of indecision unless there is a strong leader to direct the efforts of the team.