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Working from home

  • Monday, 16 September, 2024
    Amazon.com
    Amazon orders staff back to office 5 days a week

    Company says in-person presence makes work ‘simpler and more effective’ as it rolls back pandemic-era remote policy

    People inside Amazon’s New York office
  • Sunday, 8 September, 2024
    Pilita Clark
    The weird truth about work is we actually like it

    Satisfied employees are convinced they are lucky exceptions in a world of toxic bosses and burnout

    Kenneth Andersson illustration of woman sitting at her desk shouting ‘I’m happy!’ while putting one of her legs on her desk, knocking her laptop and coffee off into her colleague, who in turn drops a set of documents from his hand
  • Thursday, 5 September, 2024
    PwC
    PwC tells UK staff it will monitor office attendance

    Big Four firm to send employees monthly working location data as it toughens up on hybrid working policy

    A man walks towards the front of PwC offices in London
  • Monday, 2 September, 2024
    London slower to return to office than New York and Paris

    Employers in UK capital should subsidise transport to entice staff back, report on global cities suggests

    Commuters cross London Bridge
  • Monday, 19 August, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Employers and the ‘right to disconnect’

    Heavy-handed legislative or one-size-fits-all approaches are not merited

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  • Sunday, 18 August, 2024
    Pilita Clark
    The most annoying thing about young people at work

    They are very often right, especially when it comes to working hours

    An illustration of a young person, feet on desk and holding a smart phone while an older man and woman holding note pads and pens look on.
  • 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
  • Monday, 12 August, 2024
    Rutherford Hall
    Are you a lifeguard? Well then you can’t work from the beach

    A behind-the-scenes look at the work of Rutherford Hall, critical communications strategist

    A cartoon man stands outside an office block
  • Thursday, 8 August, 2024
    Management
    ‘Ill-ish’ and the new rules of working when sick

    A summer Covid outbreak has left staff wondering if they should skip work, come in, or do something in between

    Illustration of a person in their pyjamas and dressing gown being swirled around while they reach for tissues with one hand and a laptop with the other. A hot water bottle, ice pack, notebook, pen, phone, coffee mug and slippers swirl around them
  • Sunday, 4 August, 2024
    Office life
    ‘Gone are the days of taking a phone call in the open’: why office pods are everywhere

    Adaptable architecture and modular furniture are fine-tuning spaces to workers’ needs

    Samu Hällfors, chief executive of Framery, at the pod maker’s factory in Tampere, Finland
  • Sunday, 7 July, 2024
    Pilita Clark
    The new normal of office life

    As working from home persists, companies are rethinking the role of office space

    Illustration of a person holding a pile of gifs and sayin ‘welcome’ to a line of people holding briefcases and wearing office attire
  • Monday, 24 June, 2024
    Anjli Raval
    Should employers monitor more than mouse clicks of remote staff?

    Bosses are encouraged to help employees manage clash of domestic and work responsibilities

    A laptop and notebook on a desk with an empty chair nearby
  • Saturday, 22 June, 2024
    Meredith Whitney
    A job too far? The problem of the multi-gig professional

    Now that employers are demanding workers return to the office, trouble is brewing

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  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
    Anjana Ahuja
    Invested in the WFH argument? Home in on the evidence

    Empirically robust trials are particularly important in evaluating social and economic interventions

    Andy Carter illustration of a person working comfortably and productively from his home environment, while other in office workers around are tired and burnt out.
  • Thursday, 13 June, 2024
    Wells Fargo fires workers for ‘simulating’ being at their keyboards

    Accusation that bank staff tried to fool managers is latest sign of crackdown on hybrid work

    People use Wells Fargo cash machines
  • Wednesday, 12 June, 2024
    Working It
    How to fix your hybrid work mess

    Ordering staff to come to the office still doesn’t work. Plus the Office Therapy advice column

  • Sunday, 9 June, 2024
    Pilita Clark
    The fading allure of the foreign posting

    Some companies have found that the impact of the pandemic has intensified a reluctance to move abroad for work

  • Wednesday, 5 June, 2024
    Working It
    Working late? Don’t bother

    There are good reasons to shut that laptop, plus the Office Therapy advice column

  • Tuesday, 28 May, 2024
    Global InsightDelphine Strauss
    Persuading Europeans to work more hours misses the point

    Shrinking workforce would be better tackled by helping those who don’t want a job to work a little, research suggests

    Blurred image of commuters boarding a train
  • Sunday, 26 May, 2024
    Naomi Shragai
    The difficulty of dealing with death in the workplace

    Most companies have succession plans for senior staff but few prepare for the emotional fallout of losing a colleague

    Lillies flank a laptop in an office
  • Monday, 20 May, 2024
    Work Watch
    Fewer meetings, more memos: the future of asynchronous work

    Ditching regular hours means companies must think of new ways for colleagues to collaborate

    Montage image showing an arm with the hand holding a pen and writing in a notebook
  • Friday, 3 May, 2024
    Soumaya Keynes
    Is remote work good for women?

    Being in the office affects time devoted to giving and getting help

    Illustration of a woman sitting at a home desk working, looking out a window
  • Wednesday, 1 May, 2024
    Working It
    Bullies face a time of reckoning

    Workplace bullying has too often been tolerated but that may now be changing. Plus the Office Therapy advice column

    Picture of a woman being bullied
  • Monday, 22 April, 2024
    HTSI
    Make WFH wonderful

    Top technology for the home office

    KEF LSX II LT speakers, £899
  • Tuesday, 9 April, 2024
    Working It14 min listen
    What the rise of ‘supercommuters’ tells us about work

    A growing number of people travel much further, but less often

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