How do you all deal with 7 hrs of straight back-to-back meetings?

Do you find that your team members in India take more sick days than US? On my team in the US, we work from home if we get a cold but are generally still able to work. Being too sick to work happens to each of our US team maybe 1-3 times a year. My team in India takes 1-2 sick days per month. Are they actually too sick to work and that level of illness is more common? Or is there a cultural difference that you don't work if not feeling well?

I was just terminated from the deals group. I’ve let myself go in terms of my health and weight. I figured I’d use a good chunk of the severance time to get in shape over the summer and focus on my health but my friends and family are pushing me to find a way to juggle both and call me crazy for taking my time. My plan is to build a morning routine of fitness and work that into my new schedule when I’m rehired. Any thoughts ?

My net worth is 343k as a 26 year old. Why do i still feel behind? Current salary is 140k. Friends in tech have been making 190k-350k from college up until now.

Tech companies across the U.S. are laying off employees, including people who gave years — sometimes decades — helping build those companies. What feels difficult to understand is this: If AI is increasing efficiency while companies are still highly profitable, why should employees experience only the downside of that progress? AI should not only reduce costs. It should also create room to invest more deeply in people, creativity, learning, and long-term human potential.