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Emma Jacobs

Work & Careers Writer

Emma Jacobs writes features with a particular focus on work, changes in the workplace and office life. Previously, at the FT she was the co-author of the satirical column, Work Tribes and edited features, UK news, as well as working on FT.com's companies, markets and world desks.
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  • Tuesday, 15 October, 2024
    The Big Read
    The boom in home schooling

    Parents and children unhappy with traditional education are turning to online alternatives after the pandemic opened the door to new ways of learning

    Ambreen Baig, director of hybrid schools at Dukes Education, pupil Reginald Lakeland, 15 and Jamie Whiteside, co-director of Dukes Education, sit at a table looking at a laptop
  • Sunday, 13 October, 2024
    Office life
    The difficult work conversation AI helped me with

    Turning to ChatGPT stopped weeks of procrastination over an email

    Illustration of a person screaming ‘idiot’ at his laptop and knocking over his mug of coffee while a hand holding a bunch of flowers reaches out of the laptop screen towards him
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    Work Watch
    Heartbreak leave can help employees recover from shattered relationships

    A bill in the Philippines is trying to secure time off for workers after a break-up. Could it improve productivity elsewhere?

    Montage image of two hands, one above and one below, a breaking heart with tears falling from it
  • Monday, 7 October, 2024
    Office life
    What is the point of corporate art collections?

    Works exhibited by companies can deepen client relationships and tempt staff to the office

    Britta Farber of Deutsche Bank, in front of Anish Kapoor’s ‘Turning the World Upside Down III’, 1996
  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
    Working It19 min listen
    Amazon ends remote work. Will other firms follow?

    CEOs still love the office. Workers still don’t.

  • Saturday, 28 September, 2024
    Managing yourself
    What Rick Astley can teach us about giving up

    Singer’s revival after he walked away from fame offers lessons on professional life

    Rick Astley performing
  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    Over Work — have our jobs become too greedy for our time?

    Brigid Schulte makes a convincing case for a drastic overhaul of the way we earn a living

    A view from outside of two office floors at night. We can see a Christmas tree, one man sitting at a desk and two men gazing out of the windows
  • Sunday, 22 September, 2024
    Working from home
    The office is not the only solution

    Demands for workers to return full time have a rose tinted view of in-person work

  • Saturday, 14 September, 2024
    Management
    ‘This is not about rooting out a few bad apples’: how bullying became a big issue in film and TV

    Scandals at broadcasters show how unacceptable behaviour can breed in pressured work environments

    Men and women dancing in top hats and gold sequinned suits
  • Saturday, 7 September, 2024
    Work Watch
    Who wants to get weighed at work?

    Health MOTs can flag risks but it might be too much to ask staff to step on the scales

    Image of feet with painted nails standing on a bathroom scale
  • Saturday, 7 September, 2024
    FT Magazine
    The amateur sleuths trying to crack real-life cold cases

    A network of DIY detectives is on a mission to solve the mysteries that don’t grab headlines

  • Saturday, 7 September, 2024
    Life & Arts
    Why did shared parental leave fall flat?

    Our systems for figuring out childcare have not caught up with an egalitarian society

    A black and white photo of a baby in a nappy hanging on to a line in a garden
  • Sunday, 25 August, 2024
    InterviewLeadership
    ‘It was true mania’: Heston Blumenthal reflects on his mental health crisis

    Chef wants to improve support for staff after recovering from extreme highs that caused insomnia and hallucinations

    Heston Blumenthal on a terrace of his Dinner by Heston restaurant, located at the London Mandarin in Knightsbridge
  • Friday, 16 August, 2024
    Leadership
    Working from beach: will Starbucks’ new remote boss set a trend?

    Brian Niccol’s base in California divides opinion among workplace experts

    Seattle, left, and Newport Beach
  • Friday, 2 August, 2024
    Television
    Top 10 shows to stream over the summer holiday

    Escape from loved ones and extreme weather with fashion dramas, ghost stories and sexy spy capers

    A woman with brown hair looks at a man in a blue shirt as they stroll through a park
  • Sunday, 21 July, 2024
    Demographics and population
    When it comes to work, age isn’t just a number

    Changing demographics are set to keep older people employed despite risks highlighted by Biden

    Cartoon people move around a busy office
  • Thursday, 18 July, 2024
    House & Home
    Is ‘birdnesting’ the answer for divorcing parents?

    The arrangement in which children of separated couples stay in the family home with one parent, before the other swaps in, is taking off

  • Saturday, 13 July, 2024
    Nasa
    Would you survive 378 days of team bonding? Nasa takes the test

    Lengthy simulation of life on Mars illuminates the universal features of work, including petty irritations with colleagues

    The CHAPEA crew
  • Wednesday, 10 July, 2024
    Work Watch
    Can online reporting stop workplace microaggressions?

    Staff at law firm Hogan Lovells can now log harassment on a tech platform — but some suggest they talk about their problems instead

    Montage image of a megaphone being held up to a laptop screen
  • Monday, 8 July, 2024
    Work & Careers
    Why playing down a privileged background might be a savvy career move

    Some professionals think claiming success is due to their own skills makes them more agreeable

    Illustration of hands holding out three teacups and one big mug while another hand holding a teapot pours tea into all of them
  • Sunday, 30 June, 2024
    Work & Careers
    ‘You have to be around for the moment they speak to you’: how teens affect working parents

    Employers are often less flexible with staff who need to care for older children

    A woman sits on a sofa in a well-lit room
  • Sunday, 23 June, 2024
    Managing yourself
    LinkedIn’s makeover lacks one thing: humour

    If the professional social network is now a place for personal posts, why isn’t it funnier?

  • Friday, 21 June, 2024
    Travel
    The London hotel trying to help guests experience ‘lucid dreaming’

    A ‘world-first’ package at the Kimpton Fitzroy promises more than a good night’s sleep

  • Monday, 17 June, 2024
    ReviewBusiness books
    Business books: what to read this month

    Life advice from a former Teen Vogue editor, supply chain crises, and reportage from the Reddit trading floor

    Montage image of book covers
  • Monday, 17 June, 2024
    OutlookFuture of work
    Employees embrace WFH (work from hairdressers)

    Salons are installing USB ports, extra sockets and quiet areas for calls in a bid to draw back customers

    A smart phone sits propped against a water bottle on a desk as a woman speaks on a Zoom call
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