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    • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
      The Big Read
      Dyson and the divide over working from home

      Two dozen former employees say engineering firm took uncompromising measures to ensure staff returned to UK campus

      A montage of Sir James Dyson, the company’s building and some pandemic-related symbols such as face mask and social distancing
    • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
      FT MagazineSimon Kuper
      Bosses won’t like it but WFH is a happier way to work

      Homeworking is not just a corporate issue, it’s a chance to create a better society

    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
      Management consulting
      ‘There is no work to balance’: how shrinking budgets, Covid and AI shook up life in consulting

      Industry professionals reflect on job cuts, new routines and fresh insecurities in FT reader survey

      An illustration of a crew in a rowing boat being directed by a consultant while the boat sinks
    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      UK employment
      Hybrid working boosts number of UK women in full-time jobs, study finds

      Public First research points to benefits of more flexible employment policies

      A woman walks along a street looking at her mobile phone
    • Sunday, 10 September, 2023
      Flexible working
      Employers and staff seek truce on office working

      While some companies are tightening mandates on working from home, more are moving to flexible models

      Illustration of managers and home workers having a tug of war with a computer mouse cable
    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
      Undercover EconomistTim Harford
      A round of golf on a Wednesday afternoon? The new rules of WFH are up for debate

      Since the pandemic, work and leisure time are blurring for many former office workers

    • Monday, 4 September, 2023
      UK banks
      UK banks tighten up on work from home

      Autumn brings greater demands for office attendance in financial services

      Charlie Nunn
    • Friday, 1 September, 2023
      Future of work
      ‘Friday is just a dead day’: how a summer perk became a year-round staple

      More white-collar employees are clearing the decks at the end of the week after pandemic upended in-office work

      A jogger in New York City
    • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
      People are still working from home. Does it matter?

      Goldman investigates

    • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
      News in-depthUS economy
      Big US city downtowns ‘stuck’ behind smaller rivals in pandemic recovery

      Smartphone data and home prices help reveal a diverging urban geography since the onset of the pandemic

      Montage of the Madison, Wisconsin skyline, New York City skyline and commuters
    • Sunday, 20 August, 2023
      Pilita Clark
      The hell of other people in the office

      The pandemic eased the scourge of the loud or smelly co-worker but is bringing new woes too

      An illustration of an employee furious about a singing coworker walking behind her desk
    • Tuesday, 15 August, 2023
      Sarah O'Connor
      Beware of performative policymaking

      There’s a lesson for politicians in the fate of laws introduced around the world establishing a ‘right to disconnect’

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    • Saturday, 12 August, 2023
      Isabel Berwick
      Office Therapy: You ask, we answer

      Straight-talking solutions to tricky workplace dilemmas, from the host of the Working It podcast

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    • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
      Amazon.com
      Amazon tracks and targets US staff over failure to work 3 days in office

      Push comes as employers use more aggressive tactics to stamp out work-from-home culture

      Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle
    • Wednesday, 9 August, 2023
      Working It
      ‘Five days? No way’: The great office stand-off

      Staff say they’ll leave rather than go back to their desks full time, plus our Office Therapy advice column

      People marching towards the exit
    • Tuesday, 8 August, 2023
      Working It podcast16 min listen
      Shared workspaces are growing up

      Ping-pong tables and beer-on-tap are out. Privacy is in

    • Monday, 7 August, 2023
      Zoom Video Communications Inc
      Zoom calls employees back to office after riding work from home wave

      Video conferencing group says those living within 50 miles of a location must turn up two days a week

      Zoom headquarters in San Jose, California
    • Sunday, 30 July, 2023
      Pilita Clark
      Working from home is full of surprises

      From return to office demands to productivity levels, a lot of what we think we know about remote work is wrong

      Illustration of a man dressed for work carrying a briefcase and cup of coffee walking over to his laptop on the sofa
    • Friday, 7 July, 2023
      Stuart Kirk
      The Musk-Zuck ruck — why we need more white-collar rumbles

      It’s good that office fisticuffs are vanishingly rare but the sight of business titans going toe to toe is fabulous entertainment

      A man in a suit and tie wears two boxing gloves, with the logos of Twitter and Meta on opposing arms
    • Thursday, 6 July, 2023
      Commercial property
      UK office leases shorten and vacancies rates soar as workers stay at home

      Big shake-up in market since pandemic as companies cut costs and headcount in economic slowdown

      A woman walks past an estate agent sign in the City of London
    • Monday, 3 July, 2023
      Flexible working
      Summer in the City? Internships in the age of hybrid work

      Half-empty offices cause frustrations for young people on placements

      Illustration of a pair of sunglasses on the sand with a view of Canary Wharf skyline in the background
    • Tuesday, 6 June, 2023
      Sarah O'Connor
      How the digital nomad went corporate

      The romanticism of work on the move has collided with the realities of tax and immigration

      FT montage of a woman working at a laptop with a cityscape showing through one window and a beach through another
    • Tuesday, 6 June, 2023
      Property sector
      Half of big multinationals plan to cut office space in next three years

      Survey shows how companies are adapting their property portfolios to changed working patterns

      A worker places chairs on tables as he cleans an office in the City of London
    • Sunday, 4 June, 2023
      Pilita Clark
      The dismal truth about email

      Office life will always be grinding if we do not stop the torrent of communications

    • Tuesday, 30 May, 2023
      Anna Berkeley
      Ask a Stylist: how to dress for transitional weather

      Layering is about selecting the right weights and styles and understanding your build

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