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

Got laid off from a smaller consulting and the separation memo mentioned that I can’t work for some of the banks. Considering an offer from big 4, do I need to let the new employer know about the memo that I signed?

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?

Would you take a pay cut from $205K base to $180K base to go fully remote + can live wherever (from 2 days in office in NYC).

Considering an exit from McKinsey as EM with 3 year tenure post MBA to financial services in tech org. TC is $325k with strong growth, WLB drops from 65-80hrs a week to 40-50hrs and no travel. Would you take it? Only consideration is that it’s a lateral move/slightly down in terms of current comp. Have been high performer st McK