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Emma Jacobs

Work & Careers Columnist

Emma Jacobs writes features with a particular focus on work and office life. She is the co-author of the satirical column, Work Tribes. 

Prior to that she worked on FT.com's companies, markets and world desks.

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  • Monday, 19 August, 2019
    Women in business
    Why so many senior women are unfairly judged at work

    A new book unpicks the bias in business culture that leads us to think harshly of women

  • Sunday, 18 August, 2019
    Managing yourself
    It’s open season for advice to the young — but who benefits?

    Talking about our careers and life choices makes us feel better about ourselves

  • Friday, 16 August, 2019
    Work Tribes
    ‘Where’s the Blitz spirit we’ll need for a no-deal Brexit, eh?’

    Listen in on the conversations of the characters who populate the workplace

  • Friday, 9 August, 2019
    House & Home
    How to spend summer in the city

    FT correspondents in the northern hemisphere on the pleasures and secrets of an urban August

  • Friday, 2 August, 2019
    House & Home
    What happens when the grandparents move in

    Multigenerational living arrangements are on the rise — but can everyone live in perfect harmony?

  • Friday, 2 August, 2019
    Work TribesMeet the work tribes
    ‘Why not run my family like a business?’

    Listen in on the conversations of the characters who populate the workplace

  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2019
    Business books
    FT business books of the month: August edition

    From unleashing your potential to taking control of your destiny — this month’s top titles

  • Tuesday, 23 July, 2019
    Work & Careers
    Why work events are becoming a sober experience

    The boozy corporate party may be endangered after #MeToo and the rise of non-drinkers

  • Monday, 22 July, 2019
    InterviewWork & Careers
    After a decade online, Alfie Deyes looks to the future

    One of the first stars of YouTube is diversifying as the vlogging market matures

  • Promoted Content
  • Friday, 19 July, 2019
    Office life
    Nothing says big-head like a grandiose auto-reply

    Worse than the holiday out-of-office is the one announcing the sender is working on a book

  • Friday, 19 July, 2019
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    Three Women by Lisa Taddeo — sex lives in modern America

    A moving account of female desires that channels #MeToo and stands as a useful corrective

  • Friday, 19 July, 2019
    Work TribesMeet the work tribes
    ‘There’s no rest for the gig-warriors!’

    Listen in on the conversations of the characters who populate the workplace

  • Friday, 5 July, 2019
    Work TribesMeet the work tribes
    ‘Corporate hospitality makes you feel you’re in officer class’

    Listen in on the conversations of the characters who populate the workplace

  • Friday, 21 June, 2019
    Work TribesMeet the work tribes
    ‘Oh God, I’m being managed out!’

    Listen in on the conversations of the characters who populate the workplace

  • Monday, 10 June, 2019
    Work TribesMeet the work tribes
    ‘Batten down the hatches as we bake up some batches!’

    Listen in on the conversations of the characters who populate the workplace

  • Thursday, 30 May, 2019
    InterviewWork & Careers
    The psychiatrist calming chief executives’ anxiety

    Stephen Pereira’s aim is to equip people with strategies to identify signs of stress

  • Friday, 24 May, 2019
    Work TribesMeet the work tribes
    ‘Amazing how productive you can be when you’re not in the office’

    Listen in on the conversations of the characters who populate the workplace

  • Tuesday, 21 May, 2019
    Parenting and families
    The playground politics of the parents’ chat group

    Misinformation, gossip and scaremongering are poisoning communication channels

  • Friday, 17 May, 2019
    Television
    Tragedy suspends reality TV’s grim parade

    In retrospect, it is shocking that ‘The Jeremy Kyle Show’ went on for so long

  • Friday, 17 May, 2019
    Long Story Short
    The FT’s biggest stories and best reads every Friday

    Emma Jacobs’ top reads this week: WhatsApp hacked; China slowdown; farewell Doris Day

  • Friday, 10 May, 2019
    Work TribesMeet the work tribes
    ‘Mothers are incredible . . . Non-mothers are great too’

    Listen in on the conversations of the characters who populate the workplace

  • Friday, 10 May, 2019
    Fashion
    Would you let this woman choose your clothes?

    Having built a $1.5bn US business, Katrina Lake is bringing her etailer to the UK. We try Stitch Fix for size

  • Thursday, 9 May, 2019
    Parenting and families
    The key to future-proofing your children: relax

    Esther Wojcicki’s new book advises anxious parents to ‘calm down and trust themselves’

  • Monday, 6 May, 2019
    Work & Careers
    Why radical transparency about salaries can pay off

    Telling colleagues what we earn is a powerful and ‘subversive’ act — but there are pitfalls

  • Monday, 29 April, 2019
    Work TribesMeet the work tribes
    ‘Islington’s grubbiness took my breath away’

    Listen in on the conversations of the characters who populate the workplace

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