This Month
- Opinion
- Investment banking
Why expenses are a fraught form of fraud
The Citi sandwich case shows why some rule-benders get a lot more sympathy than others. If a company wants to fire someone, the easiest way to do it is to go through their expenses.
- Opinion
- Workplace
The ghastly modern office needs a reboot
Hybrid working has exposed wasteful, outdated designs that one Silicon Valley boss wants to blow up.
September
- Opinion
- Fashion retail
Public places should serve the public first
When the people who run the Tube allowed an entire station to be renamed after the Burberry fashion brand, they took branding too far.
- Opinion
- Workplace
The workplace secret all CEOs should know about
Millions of staff are quietly juggling busy jobs with demanding caring duties that need more recognition.
- Opinion
- Workplace
Beware the B-team when the boss is away
Minions get a chance to shine when the boss goes on holidays, and they’re left in charge, as long as they don’t muck things up.
August
- Opinion
- Workplace
Hellish co-workers another excuse to WFH
The pandemic eased the scourge of the loud or smelly colleague, but the return to the office is bringing new woes.
- Opinion
- Workplace
Why taking holidays can be a political minefield
Vacations are rarely straightforward for political and business leaders, but that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t take them.
- Opinion
- Working from home
The surprising truths about remote working
From return-to-office demands to productivity levels, a lot of what we think we know about working from home is wrong.
July
- Opinion
- Paris Agreement
The fossil fuel industry will not lead us out of the climate crisis
We should not expect the fossil fuel industry to lead us out of a crisis caused by fossil fuels. Only governments have the power to cut demand for these fuels.
- Updated
- Opinion
- Workplace
Why women at work should learn to say no
Women are still expected to do more thankless dead-end tasks at work than men, but smart companies are fixing the problem.
- Opinion
- Workplace
Why misdirected emails are not always disastrous blunders
It happens to the best of us, but it’s the reaction of the hapless recipient that really counts.
- Opinion
- Workplace culture
Why Boomers and Millennials cause office tensions
Today’s generational labels are flawed and divisive, but thankfully more and more of us have stopped acting our age.
June
- Opinion
- Workplace
Job reference requests are a minefield: tread carefully
It’s one of the more fraught moments in modern working life: handling a plea to recommend someone you never rated.
- Opinion
- Workplace
The dismal truth about work email
Office life will always be grinding if we do not stop the torrent of communications.
May
Why older workers can still have the edge
There is no consistent evidence that older workers are any less productive than their younger counterparts.
December 2022
- Opinion
- Workplace
The changes at work in 2022 that will last – thank god
More flexible working may be one of the biggest consequences of the pandemic for white-collar workers, but it is not the only one.
- Opinion
- Workplace culture
Relief and revelry: Workers have checked out for Christmas
The festive season has always been a distracting time, but this year has been worse.
- Opinion
- Workplace culture
If you thought business jargon was bad ...
New research shows there’s an industry where the stakes are higher and language is just as confusing.
- Opinion
- Careers
The unexpected perils of sabbatical leave
They do not always deliver a tanned, rested worker fired up to do years more loyal work.
November 2022
- Opinion
- Workplace culture
Why women are big losers in the politics of pockets
You shouldn’t need to be a man to have proper pockets in your clothes.
