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This seems like an issue with the Org given the information posted, but it also seems like you have a somewhat supportive manager. There is a lot of merit for considering finding a new role or a more "temporally normal" Org.
If your goal is to only work a 9-5 schedule starting your own company may not be the best option, but YMMV.
Good luck!
We do meandering sync calls[1] for 1 hour, four times a week. Plus a weekly demo call.
It's a matter of how much your management cares about developer experience and efficiency. Get another job :)
[1]: https://www.honeycomb.io/blog/standup-meetings-are-dead/
As others have said you are being overworked by your employeer. It's not only mean they dont care about your health, but also it means their processes are bad exactly because company itself will only lose in the end: quality will drop, productivity will sink and people will leave.
As about working on your own be it freelance or starting your own company: this way you will only have to work much more. So far I haven't seen any single successful entrepreneur or founder who wasn't working 12 hours a day for at least several years before they get anywhere.
But, you may need to change job.
I do know, however, that some of my colleagues in Asian countries feel an non-official pressure to accept late-evening meetings so that European and American colleagues may participate.
I've had a single late night meeting in my 7 year career, so yes it's absolutely possible. But, you may need to change job.
I’ve had two employers who had one “let’s all work late and eat together” day a week, but this was consistent and coordinated with everyone’s families.
Unpredictable work hours are entirely avoidable if you’re not in a startup.