There's no I in team...
Or to put it another way, those other 'useless' fields that take minutes may save the company hours of time in places that you don't see.
> There's no I in team...
But there's U and I in unity!
/s aside, you have a valid point there: just because "I" find the field useless, it doesn't mean that it isn't out to actual good use downstream.
More like they justify some middle management busybody's salary.