And if that happens, I'll tell them next project better have fewer meetings then. If they want to fire me, it's up to them to prove I'm incompetent and if they try to do that, I'll have screenshots of my calendar the moment I hear a complaint about my productivity.

I am of course incredibly privileged both because I live in a country with good employment laws and because I'm a fairly desirable employee.

IF however it's my own ADHD causing me to not get shit done all day every day for weeks at a time and there's a deadline, I'll pull an all nighter and get a week or 2 worth of work done in one night. Because that's on me and my disability which I fucking hate having, but it's made me who I am and is probably also partially the reason for my former success. When I was salaried, I made a high enough salary to justify doing that occasionally when shit really hit the fan and it was my fault.

These days, however, I'm a contractor. A long meeting just means more hours paid. If something takes more time than expected I'll pull all-nighters AND bill them so I'm getting paid more since, you know, I had to work for more hours. But again - incredibly privileged. I could probably find more clients if I really wanted to, but I've got two that tolerate my eccentricities, pay well and generally love me. Both knew what they were getting into with me so it was easy, starting with a brand new client I have no prior relationship with would be a pain.