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    Emma Jacobs

    Work & Careers Writer

    Emma Jacobs writes features with a particular focus on work and office life. She is the co-author of the satirical column, Work Tribes. Previously, at the FT she has edited features, UK news, as well as working on FT.com's companies, markets and world desks.

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    • Monday, 6 February, 2023
      Style
      The menopause makeover — what to make of a ‘gold rush’ of new products

      As celebrities help break taboos, brands are looking to cash in

    • Saturday, 4 February, 2023
      Person in the News
      Sally Wainwright, ‘Happy Valley’ creator takes centre stage

      The writer, known for her strong female characters, is keeping fans guessing to the end

    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
      ReviewArts
      Episode 3 of ‘The Last of Us’ shows TV at its best

      WARNING: SPOILERS | ‘Long Long Time’ offered a moment to breathe after the post-apocalyptic drama’s frenetic start

    • Sunday, 15 January, 2023
      Managing yourself
      The high-stakes business of managing brand ‘Me’

      Monetising your life can be lucrative and career-enhancing — even ordinary people do it

    • Thursday, 5 January, 2023
      Work & Careers
      The great meeting bloat deserves a purge

      Our pandemic working patterns have raised the number of gatherings in which nothing is achieved

    • Saturday, 31 December, 2022
      Workplace diversity & equality
      Year in a word: quiet quitting

      The viral concept that triggered a conversation about entitled employers

    • Tuesday, 13 December, 2022
      Life & Arts
      The White Lotus’s subversive game

      WARNING: SPOILERS The season finale ‘Arrivederci’ was an operatic ending to a sly, clever series

    • Friday, 9 December, 2022
      Social affairs
      The office grinch may have a point — it’s not fun if it’s forced

      As the Christmas party returns, employers should consider the right of staff to opt out

    • Thursday, 8 December, 2022
      Working It podcast23 min listen
      Four days' work for five days' pay: does it work?

      Four UK companies trialled a shorter working week. Will they keep to it?

    • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
      Working It podcast25 min listen
      Four days' work for five days' pay: what the experts say

      How did businesses in other countries fare when they trialled a four-day week?

    • Monday, 5 December, 2022
      Working It podcast24 min listen
      Four days work for five days pay: rethinking our working hours

      Meet four of the UK companies trialling a shorter working week

    • Sunday, 4 December, 2022
      The Big Read
      The 4-day week: does it actually work?

      A trial to gauge whether it is possible to do the same work in fewer hours is finally drawing to a close. Here’s what four companies discovered

    • Wednesday, 30 November, 2022
      Life & Arts
      The Crown and the curse of relatability

      Arriving in the 1990s, the latest season struggles with the royal family’s hit-and-miss attempts to be ‘human’

    • Monday, 28 November, 2022
      Office life
      Privacy at work and the rise of the ‘quiet space’

      How much noise is too much in the office? As workers have returned to their desks, managing sound levels has become an art — and a science

    • Sunday, 20 November, 2022
      Career change
      New job, new you? Well, maybe . . . 

      Changing careers can be exciting — but it’s not always the answer to working life’s problems

    • Sunday, 13 November, 2022
      FT SeriesMake work better in 2023
      Advice to older workers: don’t be the office curmudgeon

      Grumbling about younger peers is not only ageing, it makes the complainer seem resistant to progress

    • Sunday, 6 November, 2022
      The Big Read
      How the pandemic transformed Britain’s commuter towns

      Hybrid working and recouped travel time are giving a lasting boon to the economies, ambitions and even infrastructure of satellite communities

    • Friday, 14 October, 2022
      Personal productivity
      The morning rituals of turbo-strivers are entertainment, not inspiration

      Meditation at 5am followed by a run, an ice bath and a blast of physio is a masochistic practice best contemplated at leisure

    • Tuesday, 20 September, 2022
      FT Globetrotter
      Five London hotels with eco ambitions

      Smart sustainable stays in the UK capital

    • Monday, 19 September, 2022
      Management
      Middle managers — on the new front line of office life

      From motivating staff to maintaining company culture, demands on team leaders intensify as they juggle the expectations of employees and senior leaders

    • Friday, 16 September, 2022
      Social Media
      Company brands should keep calm and carry on

      Center Parcs is one of many UK firms which have struggled to respond appropriately to the Queen’s death

    • Tuesday, 13 September, 2022
      Working It podcast17 min listen
      A sceptic’s guide to ‘quiet quitting’

      Has Gen Z accidentally reinvented old-school industrial action?

    • Sunday, 21 August, 2022
      FT SeriesLeading in a crisis
      Oleg Rogynskyy of People.ai: ‘I had a gut feeling that a war was going to start’

      How the tech company boss helped his Ukrainian workforce to leave the country as threats from Russia increased

    • Thursday, 18 August, 2022
      ReviewBusiness books
      FT business books: what to read this month

      Challenging the resilience narrative — and the art of office gossip

    • Thursday, 18 August, 2022
      FT MagazineLife & Arts
      It’s time to turn the page on your TV snobbery

      Most novels are not high art. And some TV may prove more serious and delightful

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